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THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

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THE    STATE    OF    GEORGIA, 

PASSED  IN 

MILLEDGEVILLE, 

AT  AS 

ANNUAL  SESSION 

I 

IN  MYEMBER,    18G1  : 


ALSO, 


• 


EXTRA  SESSION  OF  1865,    IT  MAfOX. 


II    Ml    I  M|||    |>    H\      U1HOKITV 


MILLEDGEVILLE  . 

BOCOHTOy,  SISMtT,  BARNE8  *  MOOBX,  DTAT1     PRINTERS 


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TABLE  OF  TITLES,  DIVISIONS,  &C. 


PART  I. 


PIUL3C  LAWS 


Title  I.— APPROPRIATIONS. 

«  II— BANKS. 

-  III.— DISTILLATION. 

-  IV.— INSURANCE  COMPANIES. 
»  V.— JUDICIARY. 

«  VI.— RELIEF. 

»  VII.— REVENUE. 

•<  VIIL— STATE  DEFENCE. 

»  IX.— TAXES. 


PART  II. 


PRIVATE   AND  LOCAL  LAWS. 


ITIES. 
•■     II— COUNTY    LINES. 
"     III.— ROADS. 


STATUTES  OF  GKORGIA, 

PASSED  J1V    Till'. 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  1864. 

PART  I.— PI  BLIC  LAWS. 


TITLE  I. 


Al'PKOPKlATIONN. 


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.  npt    General   and  Trei 
Lane*  of  K»  i  a\  \\  ■    I  tepa*  I 
nent,  Mes  enger.  Librarian*.  Attwrro 
andSolic  torsGeneral,  Reporter  o1  Sii 
me  Cou  i.    Appropriation  t«L'l<  rk 
of  Supremo  Couri  for  stationery    anuT 
advertising.   ■'   dg*Bi.f8upreme  Court. 
Judj|  '  ourl*. 

(  ..  r  inting  Kund 

king  '  :''"! 

l;.  presentai  Hall.      State    II 

■  Guard. 
3    Pay  of  Pn    id.  nl  am    -  Mile-     ' 

tl  fin 

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k.    I'ay    "f   Clerks    of   standing 

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counties   overrun     ur   destitute    fmm 
Pro**  "ii    whal    !• 

furnished. 
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II.  Salary  of  Superintendent  of  <;< 

Military  Institute  ;  Professor*. 
).'>.  On«;  million  dollars  fur  Military  Kund. 
10.  Guard  of  State   Magazine.     Military 

Store  Keeper. 
ropayBei  irding  Clerk  of  Executive 

1  department, 
13.  Stationery    for   Executive    D 

meet. 
10.  To  pay  S<  cretarj   of  State  for  fuel, 

i  othei  oontiogi  i  • 
>0.  Support  of  State  Lunatit  Asylum. 
'.M .  [neututefor  Blind. 
■.'■.'.  To  M.  J.  Whitlock  for  be<  I  foi    <:.». 

M  ilil  I        Lute  .  To  .1 .  S.    Inniao, 

for  lard  for  State  Military  Institute. 
..;   ( lovertat.r  may  issui    Stal 

notes  i"  n, ri  i    any    deficiency.    How 

ami  when  redeemable. 

ite  Treasury  notes  and  changi 

tn  be  b  11  in  d  ='u  redeemed,  everj   ;  n  o 

mom  I..-.    Govemoi  i"  dnra  warrrata 

in    favoi  .  rer    foi  ajnounl 

burn* 
.:,  One  and  a  lia if  millions  appropriated 

fo|  expoi '  on,  lo  |>i  . 

army  supplies;  pay  interest  on  foreign 

H  ate  '  ■  -  iu!i\  pur- 

•    tela,  Jim!    il  .. 

iiiiiun  for  payment.    General  power. 

.1        !':  .;.    ofni  nil. 

TjilHin  <■!  1! 

•  I! 

to  pay   s.  t  r 
\\    l.  Griei  •iml    l»     l(«-u<li  r»on 
•  'I  mileage. 
1 1 
I  ol  ("Ink  mi  Treasurer)' 

riTt"'  f!i<-< 

'  •  eneral    A?  embly    au 

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and  all  salaried 

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PUBLIC  LAWS.— Appropriations. 


SoUriea  of  Governor  and  State  House  Officer*,  Judges  of  Supremo   Court,  fee— Contingent  I«'ud«L^ 

(NO.   1.) 

An  act    to  provide  for  raising;  a  revenue  Jor  the  political  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  nxttfive,  and  to  appropriate  money  for  the  svpport  of  the. 
trnmtntduriiig  said  year,  and  to  make  certain  special  appropria- 
tion*, and  for  ffher  purposes  therein,  mentioned. 

1.  SECTION  I.  Bt  it  enacted  by  the  General  Alterably  of  the  State  of 
<  >  orgia,  That  the  following  sums  of  money  be,  and  the   same  are 
hereby  appropriated,  to    the  respective  persons  and  objects. here- 
inafter mentioned,  to-wit  :     The  sum  of  four  thousand   dollars  to 
*o«7oi   "T^is£xce]ienCy  the  Governor,  as  his  salary  for  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and   sixty-five;  and  the   further  sum  of  throe   thousand 
dollars  each,  to  the  Secretary    of  State,  Comptroller  General,  and 
so'";thc  State  Treasurer,  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five ; 
■Trre..'|.ant|  |jie  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred   dollars    each  to  the  Secreta- 
ries of  the  Executive   Department,  (not   exceeding  two)  for  the 
2L  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five;  and  the  sum  of  six  hundred 
Mutragrr.    dollars  to  pay  the   Messenger  of  the  Executive  Department,  for 
/  the  year  eighteen    hundred  and    sixty-live;  and  trie  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  to  the  State  Librarian,  as  his  salary  for  the  year 
Jiteen    hundred    and   sixty-five;  and  th"    sum  of  two    hundred 
Mytmiand  twenty-five  dollars  to  each,  the  States  Attorney,  and  the  So- 
kn.™™     Hcitors    General,  for   the  year   eighteen    hundred  and   sixty-five; 
nor    ./and  the  sum  of  one   thousand   dollars  to  ;  he  Reporter  of  the  de- 
"'cisions  of  the  Supreme  Court,  as  his  salary  for  the   yey'r  eighteen 
f7pprr,pri«tirnniin^rp^  ail(^   sixty-five ■  ;  and   the  fui tber  sum  of  twelve  hundred. 
'  slVm^coa'/doll.-iis  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  to    pay  the  Clerk 
Md,i!d"wteix'0I*t;ne  Supreme  Court  for  stationery  and  advertising  notices  of  the 
meeting  of  the  said  Court  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
aodge.  „(■<?„. five  ;  and  the  sum  of  thirty-five  hundred  dollars  to  each  Judge  of 
rMmc  Cu,n  the  Supreme   Court,  as  his  salary  for  the  year   eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-/ive  ;  and  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  to  each 
52rw*cVu^'JU(^oe  of  the  Superior   Court   as  his  salary  for  the   year  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-five. 

•_'.  SEC.  II.  Beit  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  twenty  thous- 
and dollars,  and  the  unexpended    balance  on  hand  the   fifteenth  of 
October,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  be,  aud  the  same  is  here 
ronua«et.t    by  appropriated  as  a  contingent  fund  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-live  ;  and   the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  be  appro- 
TrintinjrnndPr'utei^  f°r  a  printing  fund  for  the  current  year,  and  in    case  of  & 
deficiency  in  this  appropriation,  the  Governor  is  hereby  authorized 
to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasury,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money 
Taii^cire.rin  the  Treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated  ;  and  the  sum  of sev- 
*^2d'R^enty-five  dollars  to  the  person  selected  by  the   Governor,  to  keep 
clean,  scour  and    air  the  chambers   of  the  Senate  and  Representa- 
tive Halls,  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ^sixty-five;  and  the 
sum  of  fifty  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  to 
SOUL  H,""pay  for  repairing  and  keeping  in  order  the  State  House  Clock  for 
the  year   eighteen  hundred    aud  sixty-five  ;  provided-  said  clock  is 
kept  in  repair;  and  the  sum  tf  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  to  pay 


PUBLIC    LAWS— ArmoPKi.moxs. 


Members  mi]  Ollieorn  of  the  General  Assembly. 


the  State  House  Guard,  lor  the  year  eighteen  hundred    and  sixty-8*^,  *•*"» 
live. 

3.  Sec.  III.  And  /"•  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  ten  dol- 
lars per  day,  each,  be  paid  to  the  President  of  the  Senate,  and  the  r»T  of  m*. 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  during  the  present  set- 'J;"fcB|>'1* 
sion  of  the   General  Assembly  ;  and   the  sum  of  five  dollars  for 

every  twenty  miles  of  travel,  going   to,  and    returning  from,  the  *»?•<«. 
seat  of  Government,  the  distance    to  be  computed    by  the  nearest 
route  usually  traveled  ;  and  the  sum  of  six  dollars  each,  per  day,r«yof  um» 
be  paid  to  the  members  of  the  General  Assembly,  during  the  pres- 
ent session,  and  five  dollars  for  every  twenty  miles  of  travel,  going 
to,  and  returning  from    the  Capitol,  under  the  same  rules   which'  '*"**' 
apply  to  the  President  of  the  Senate,  and  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Representatives;  Provided,   that    no  member   of  the  General  As- 
sembly shall  receive   pay    for  the   time  he  may   be  absent,  unless Pr<>T>««. 
his  absence  was  caused  by  the  sickness  of  himself  or  his  family,  or 
he  had  leave  of  absence  granted  by  the  Senate  or  House  for  satis- 
factory reasons* 

4.  SiV.  IV.    Be   it  further   enacted,  That    the    Secretary    of  the 
Senate  be  paid    the  sum  of  eighty-seven    fitly-one  hundredths  dol-.s.»«e. 
lars  per  day  for  the  present  session  ;  and  the  Clerk  of  the  House 

of  Representatives,  to  be  paid  one  hundred  dollars  per  day  for  the 
present  session,  out  of  which  sums    they  shall  pay  all  their  assis- 

s  and  sub-clerks;  Provided,  that  no  warrant  shall  issue  iu  fa-p^...-.. 
vor  of  either,  until  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  shall  have  satis- 
factory evidence  that  they  have  carefully  marked  and  filed  away  all 
reports  of  standing  committees,  and  all  papers  of  importance  con- 
nected with  either  House;  and  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated, 
each,  to  the   Secretary  of  the  Senate,  and  Clerk  or   the  House  of 

esentatives,  to    defray  the   contingent  expenses  of  their  re- conunr** 
spective  offices  at  the  present  session  of  the  General    Assembly  ;s2£eu£«i 
And  that  the   sum  of  twelve  dollars  per  diem,  be  appropriated  to 
pay  the  Clerks  of  the   standing  committees   of  the    Senate,  and»*^t»ndi»g 
House  of  Representatives  ;   Provided,  that  the  Auditing  Committee 
of  either  the  Senate  or  House  shall  not  be  authorized  to  audit  said 
Clerks'  accounts  for  any  greater  number  of  days,  than  shall  be  cer- 
tified to  by  the  Chairman  of  the  committee  to  which  he  was  Clerk. 

5.  Sbc  V.  Beit  Jnrther' enacted,  That  the  sum  of  six  dollars  per  Pty  „,  w 
day  be  paid  to  each  of  the  1  >. tor  Keepers  and  Messengers  of  the  SuLI^T* 
Setiate  and   House   of  Representatives,  at   the    present  session    of 

the  General  Assembly  ;  and    the    same  mileage    to   each  of  saidM"*,r' 

Door-keepers  and    Messengers,   as  is  paid    to  the   members  of  the 

<  reneral  Assembly  ;  and  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof 

as  may  be  necessary,  ia  hereby  appropriated  for  cleaning,  lightings,     :   .. 

and  keeping  in  order  the  chandaliers   of  the  Senate  Chamber  and 

Representative    Hall,    during  the  present  session  of    the    General 

■embly. 

fl.  Skc.  VI.  Be  it  furthei  ■< .  That  in  ali  where  the 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Appropriations. 

!    mid  H"  i  tnl  Association— Soldiers  Families 


P  ^.General  Assembly  directs  the  performance  of  any  service  or  1-aW. 

rd for  which  no  provision  is    made  for  compensation,    the  Governor 

is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasury  for  such 

sum  or  sums,  a*  in  his  judgment  may  be  a  just  compensation. 

7.  Sec.  VII.  lie  it 'further  enacted,  That  the  various  sums  of  tkc 

■  •    "*  annual  salaries  of  all  the  officers  of* this  Stale,   whose   salaries  arc 

fixed  by  law,  be,   and  the  same  are  hereby  appropriated  annually. 

to  pay  said  salaries  until  they  are  otherwise  altered  by  law. 

B.  Sec.  VIII.  Be  /t  Jurther  exacted,  That  the  Treasurer  be  au- 
thorized to  pay  from  time  to  time,  to  the  QuKcers  of  the  Govern- 
ment, whose  salaries  are  appropriated  by  this  aet,  seventy-five  pe; 
.  -cent  of  the  amount,  tor  which  service  has  been  actually  rendered 
at  the  date  of  such  payment,  taking  receipts  from  said  officers  for 
the  same,  which  receipts  shall  be  his  vouchers,  and  are  hereby 
declared  offsets  to  the  extent  of  such  payments,  to  executive  war- 
rants drawn  at  the  end  of  the  quarter  for  such  officers  salaries. 

9.  IX.  And  be  it  farihir  enacted,  That  the  Treasurer  be  author- 
ized and  required  to  pay  the  members  and  officers  of  this  General 

»«»'  '" ':  Assembly,  and  the  warrantsdrawn  on  the.  Treasury,  for  the  salaries  of 
t    anriall  other  civil  officers  of  the  State,  for  the  political  year  eighteen 
pvj'S hundred  and  sixty-five,  in  State  Treasury  notes,  of  the  class  issued 
-tls"  under  aet  of  fourteenth  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
one. 

10.  ^f.c.  X.  fie  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
Thousand  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  for  the; 
Georgia   Relief  and    Hospital  Association,:  to  be   drawn   and  ex- 

u  peaded  according  to  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  appropriate  funds  t<» 
the  uses  of  the  Georgia  Relief  arid  Hospital  Association,"  asaetited 
to  December  twelfth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

il.  SEC.   XI.   lie  it  further  en  ictrd,  That  the  sum  of  six  millions 
of  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be,    and    the 
ifo;;aD;sann'   is   hereby   appropriated,    for   the   support   of  the  indigent 
\}^ta%  widows,  and  orphans  ot  soldiers,  and  indigent  families   of  soldiers 
who  may  be  in  the  public  service,  and  for  the  support  of  indigent 
soldiers,  who  may  \>>-  disabled  by  wounds  or  disease  in  the  service 
of  this  State,  or  the    Confederate  States,  for  and  during    the  year 
1865,  and  of  indigent    exiles  and   refugees  of  this  State,*  who  are 
poor  and  destitute  ;   Provided,  that  the  fund    appropriated  for  this 
.purpose,  shall  be  distributed  as  is  [described  by    law  for  the  past 
year,  till  further  legislation  on  this  subject:  and  provided  further, 
that  the  .Justices  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  each  county,   in  their  re- 
turns shall  include    the    indigent   exiles  and    refugees  from    other 
'"'  counties  in  this  State,  who  have  fled  from  the  enemy,  and  are  des- 
titute of  the  means  of  support  ;  and   -provided  further,  that  the  In- 
ferior Courts  may  purchase  corn  or  other  necessaries  of  life  in  such 
,,    counties  as  they  may  deem  proper;  and   the  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral   is  instructed  to    net  transpoitation   for   the  same,  upon   the 
»•     same  terms  as  general  freight  is  transported. 

12.  SEC  XII,  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That    the   sum  of  eight 


(1U- 


PUBLIC   LAWS.— Appkopriattons. 

Publ'u-    ]),-li;  — Sniniy  nl'  S:i!.rr'.nl.'i,.l.i.!  ..<  the    fieoigift   Military   Institute—  MilitH  J    i 

hundred  thousand  dollars,  or  so   much    thereof  as  may  be  necessa- A,)t>TnpTi.. 
ry,.  be  appropriated  and  set  apart,  for  the  purpose   of  .enabling  His  ' 
Excellency  the  Governor,    to  purchase  such    quantity  of  corn  as; 
may  be  necessary;  to  provide  bread  for   such  persons  m    th'e  coun-^;;™"'''' 
ties  which  may   have  been,  or  may    hereafter   be,  oyerrun    by  the 
enemy,  and  such  other  counties  as  may  be  destitute,   and  certified 
to  be  so  by  tlie  Inferior  Courts,  for  com  for  the  indigent   poor,  by 
drought  or  wet  weather,  which  the  Governor  is  hereby  authorized 
to  have  purchased  ;  ami  he    is    authorized  to  have    said  corn  con-,,,, 
veyed  to  such  places  as  he  may  think  proper,  for   the  convenience""'" 
ol  said  persons,  which  corn  shall  be  furnished  gratis  to  those  una- 
ble to  pay  for  it,  ami  sUch  persons  as  are  able'to  pay  for  the  same 
shall  be  required  to  do  so,  and    the  money   re'reived  for  tsid  coin, 
from  such  persons,  shall  be  paid  into  the  Treasury. 

VS.  Sec- XIII.  Be  if  'further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  one  million  to  >»y  p»M 
two  hundred  and  eighty-nine  thousand  live  hundred  arid  seventy-six  i^-;*  .c.J 
dollars,  or so" much  thereof  as  mav  be  necessary,  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby  appropriated,  to  pay  any  portion  ol  the  public  debt 
which  may  become  due  within  the  present  political  year;  and  to 
pay  the  interest  on  State  bonds,  as  may  be  issued  by  authority  of 
■my  law  paised  during  the  present  session  ol  the  General  Assembly. 
the  same  to  be  paid  out  oi  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated. 

141  Sec.  XIV.   Bi    if  further  enacted,  Thai    the    sum    of  three  s»-.t  of  sJ 
thousand  dollars  is  hereby   appropriated  to  pay  the  salary  <>f  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Georgia  Military  Institute;  and  the  sum  of'""v 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars  each,  to  nay  the  salaries  of  the 
1'rofessois. 

1").  Sec.  XV.  Brit  further  enacted  .That  i  he  sum  ol  due  million  ol 
dollars,  and  the  balance  of  the  same  fund  undrawn, -or  mi  mu.-.h 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropr 

I  as  a  Military  Fund  for  the  yen-  eighteen  hundred  an  I  sixty 
five,  to  be  drawn  from  the  Treasury  on  warrants  of  the  Governor, 
from  time  to  time,  as  the  same  may  Ire  required,  to  defray  the 

ir  military  purposes,  or  for  other  necessary  expenses  or 
payments  srrow  in  a  <5ut  of  military  op  'rations,  or  the  movements 
Of troops 

LB.  Sec.   XVI.    Be  it* farther  unacted  i  That  the  sun. 
dred  dollars  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  isappropri 
to* pay  the  Guards  at  the  State  Magazine  at  Milledgfeville,  for  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five  ;  an  d  the  sum  ol  nine  hundred  J 
dollars,  in  pay  the  Military  Store  Keeper  in  the  city  ofMilledgeville. 

17.  Sec.   XVlf.   11   it' further  enacted,  That  the  sum    of  twenty- 
e    hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby    appropriated,  to 

pay  the  Itecording  t  !lerk  of  the  Executive  Department  for  I 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -fi 

18.  Sec.'XVUI.    Bt  U  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  m   - 
thousand  dollars,  be.  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  for  tin 
purchase  of  stationery  for  the  use  of  the  Executive  Department. 


PUBLIC    LAWS.— AiTKori;i.iTiON.<. 

it!.-.  Aayluin  —  li*titufi«.u  lor  tlie    Mind— State  Treasury  Note*. 

T.,,.T  Be  I :>-  Sec.  XIX.  />V  it  farthei  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  nine  thousand 
fatOiiM^aud  thirteen  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  the 
Secretary  of  State,  to  pay  for  fuel,  lights,  and  other  contingencies 
provided  by  him  for  the  General  Assembly,  as  per  account  ten-" 
dered  the  Finance  Committee,  to  he  drawn  on  the  wan  ants  of  the 
Governor,  and  paid  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated. 

2<fc  SEC  XX.    Be  if  further  enqtcfti.  That  the  sum  of  one   hun- 
sJtaLucMti.  dred  and  forty-two  thousand  live  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby  appropriated,  to  and  for  the  support  of  the  State  Luna- 
tic Asylum,  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five. 

21.  Sec.  XXI.  And  be  i, ■  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  twelve 
1  ■•'  thousand   dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  sup- 
port of  the  Institution  for  the  Blind,  fur  and  during  the  year  eight- 
een hundred  and  sixty-live. 
Bk  m.  j.        -'-•  Sec.   XXII.   Ami  he  it  further  enacted,  Thot  the  sum  of  five 
.wM.'.rV,'? ''  housand  eight  hundred  and  ten  dollars,  or  so-much  thereof  as  ( may 
^Ht   ,;ibe  necessary,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby    appropriated,  to  pay  M. 
.1.  Whit  lock  (or  beef  bought  for  the  Military  Institute'  in  May  last; 
and  the  further  sum  of  fourteen  hundred  and  forty  two  dollars  be, 
tr'i.^and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  pay  J.  S.  Innman  for  four 
hundred  and  twelve  pounds  ol  lard  purchased  for  the  Military  In- 
stitute in  April  last. 

28.  SEO.  XXIII.  SEC.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  case  of  any  de- 

«™»yftciency  of  funds  in  the  Treasury,  to  meet  any  appropriation  made 

Tr,a.r  ,    ,-[>v  ij,i,s  Act,  (he  Governor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to  issue 

deiri.iuy.  '  Treasury  notes,  making  the  notes  hereafter  to    be  issued    payable 

the    twenty-fifth  December,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-live,  and 

•hen'   '."     redeemable  ii^  Confederate   Treasury  notes,    if  presented    within 

ou''',"'        three  months  from  maturity,  and  receivable  for  Taxes  and  public 

dues  before  and  after  maturity. 

24.  SEC    XXIV.  Andbe.it  further  enacted,  That  the  State  Treas- 
uryn«to«»ii.jurer  be  authorized  to  burn  every  two  mouths,  or  oltener  if  neces- 
»o  b*  buniwisary,  m    the  presence  of  the  Governor  or  other  person    appointed 
£*rj  ioo''    by  him,  the  State  Treasury  notes  due  on  the  twenty-fifth    Decem- 
ber eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  and    redeemed  by  him  ;  and 
also  B.uch  State  Change  Bills  redeemed  at  the  Treasury,  which  may 
be  unfit  for  circulation  ;  and  that  for  the  purpose  of  meeting  the 
charges  of  the  Comptroller  General  against  the  Treasurer  for  these 
'•..Timor   ,„ Treasury  notes  and  Change  Bills,  the  Governor  is  hereby  authorized 
to"fwr™ian^  required  to  draw  his  warrant  ou  the  Treasury,  in  favor  of  the 
Z^Mfcf.rn«t  Treasurer,  for  the  amount  thus  burned. 

o™  an*  ft-  25.  Sec.  XXV.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  one 
■  w"rS'aU('  a  'ia'*  m^l-'ons  of  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropri- 
^^p^ated,  to  bo  used  in  the  exportation  of  cotton  and  other  produce, 
^/"uppfi^fer  the  purpose  of  paying  for  soldiers  clothing,  Blankets  and  other 
£Tifo«"n  supplies  necessary  to  be  imported  for  the  State  ;  and  for  the  pur- 
**ted«*t.  pose  of  accumulating  exchange  in  Europe  to  pay  the  interest  on 
the  sterling  debt  of  the  State;  and  to  meet  the  further  demands  of 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— ArraoMM  vrioxs. 


J{«v.  Wm.  Flinu,  rUr.-qi'ttin— District  Aids-de-Camp — Oik  in  Treasurer's  ofli<v.— Certain  adTar. 

the  State  for  railroad  supplies,  and  other  necessary  articles.     And 
the  Governor  is    hereby  authorized  to    purchase  or  charter  such  p^J^Sr* 
vessels,  as  may,  in  his  opinion,  be  necessary  for  that  purpose,  and 
to  draw  upon  the  cotton  or  other  produce  exported,  from  time  to™ 
time,  to  ray  for  such  vessels,  and  to  pay  lor  cotton  rind  other  pro- 
duce to  keep  the  business  in  actice  and    successful  operation  with 
the  view  to  the  exportation  of  as  much  cotton  and   other  iii'odua,(i,3,,llp,w. 
'for  the  States  possible  :  and  lie  is  hereby  authorized  to  do  all  law-*r 
f'ul  acts  winch  are,  in  his  opinion,  necessary  to  facilitate  the  bn>i- 
fless,  and  promote  the  success  of  the  enterprise  and  the  interest  of 
the  State  in  connection  with  if. 

2G.  SEC.  XXVI.  And  be  it  furf/trr  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  five£& 
dollars  per  day  be  paid  to  each,  the  messengers  of  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives,  for. negro  hire  during  the  present  sec- 
tion. 

27.  Pec.  XXYJI.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  two  £hl|p'''",J 

•J  Mini."     >     ' 

hundred  and  fifty  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated, s«* 
as  compensation  to  the  Hew  W.  Flinn,  Chrfplain  of  the  Semite  and 
House  ;  and  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  Iverson  L.    Hunter.  r,*»»tH 
for  his  services  as  page  to  this  House. 

2S.'Sec.   XXVIII.   Be  it    further  enacted,  That,  the  sum  of  seven-  *i< 

tin  ii  *  i      i  ii  -i  tiont»p»»  S. 

ty-eight  dollars  each.  be.  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,   tor.  ri 
pay    tb>  Hon.  S.   T.'»Player,    Representative  from   the  county  of  d.  u >•■ 

*      j  i  •  son  for  •t- 

Wilkiu.so!!  ;  W.  L.  6 rice  Senator  from  the  twenty  third    District, 
and  Daniel  Henderson,   '. !  itative    from  Worth   county,  for'"" 

their  services   and   mi  attending  the  late. called  session, of 

the  General  Assembly. 

29.  Sac.  XXIX.  Be  it* further 'enacted ','That  the  amount  of  seen  ';\,\  '\  9J 
dollars  per  day,  be  paid  the    Diptrict   Aida^De-Camp,    out  of    thed,:'r*m'- 
fund  appropriated  for  military   purposes,  for  every  day  that  they 
arc  or  have  been  on  legitimate  military   duty,  under  orders  from 
the  Governor: 
'     HO.  Sec.  XXX.  Ami  he  it  further  enacted*  That  the  sum  •>!  t.weu-  p«j  s{\g«£ 

in        TrCt-»r 

ty-fivt  hundred  dollars  be.  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to «  • 
pay  the  Clerk  in  the  Treasurer's  office. 

Sso.  XXXI.  All  conflicting  laws  are  hereby  repealed. 

Assented  to  November  iSth,  1^04. 

(N#.  2.) 

An  act  in  authorize  and  requirt  the  Trcaturef  of  tins  State,  to  muke  cer- 
tain advance*  and-for  other  piirposis. 

31.  Section,  I.    The.  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  doA4nm.m  hf 
',  That  the    Treasurer  of  this  State  be,  and   be,»  hereby  All-  JKET  ,. 

thoracd  and  required,  to  make  advances   to  any    of  the  members™;;^, 
sod  officers  of  this  Genera]   Assembly,  in  no  case  to  1  I  the  per.; 

diem  pay  and  mileage  of  any  member  oi  the  same. 

32.  Sec.  II    Be  ii  nmactcd,  That  the  State   Treasurer 
further  authorized  and  required,  to  pay  tho  mcaaberB  and  officers  of 


1 2  PUBLIC  LAWS-— Banks'.— Distillation. 


J5ank  of  tile   I'.juti-  State  — A«t  to  prevent  the  unnecessary  consumption  of  grain  auiei.d**l. 

General  As  tiiis  General  Assembly,  and  the  warrants  drawn  on  the  Treasury 
£to&  "i'Ubr  the  salaries  of  the  other  civil  officers  of  the  State,  for  the  politi- 
»uteWtSftb2cal  year  IS65,  in  State  Treasury  notes  of  the  class  issued  under  act 
KfJ"SSJ:of  14th  December  186*1, 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  November  17th,  186*4. 


TITLE  II. 


BANKS. 


Sic:  !.  ^Bank  of  the  Empire   Slate,"   lVlioved   from  penalties   imposed  by  lavr  lor  R«t  nik 
iug  reports. 

(No.  SI) 

An  Art    for  the   rel  uf  of  the  Bank  of  the  Empire  State,  establisf led  at 

Home  Georgia. 

Whereas,  The  enemy  having  unexpectedly  taken  possession  of 
Rome,  in  the  month  of' May,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  ami 
thereby  the  hooks  and  papers  of  the  Bank  of  the  Empire  State 
having  fallen  into  their  hands;  and  whereas,  on  the  fourth  day  of 
'  June  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  tiie  Governor  called  for  the 
report  from  the  different*  Banks,'. and  in  consequence  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Cashier  of  said  Bank  being  unable  to  recover  the  books 
and  papers  of  said  Bank  from  the  enemy,  they  have  been  unable  to 
make  a  report  to  the  Governor  as  required  by  law. 

1.  Skcitox,  1.    The   Gcnefal   Assembly  of  the  State  of  Gjovgia  do 
iv.,,  ,  ,,,^7^/r/,  That  the  Bank  of  the    Empire  State    be  relieved  from  all 
^'^pniiis    and  penalties  imposed  upon  Banks  for  not  making  their  re- 
inBnwjwS" torus   to   the    Governor  when  called    upon  to  do  so:  and  that  said 
Bank  be  in  future  relieved  fr.om  said  penalties  until  it  recovers  its 
books  and  papers,  or  until  they  again  cornmenee'  business. 
Sr.c.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  November  18th,  iS(U. 


TITLE  II 


DISTILLATION. 

Skc.     1.  Moving"  lager»beer'allovred.  I     "   1.  Persons  indicted  for  making  lager4beor 

I  relieved,  on  paying  cost. 

(No:  4.) 

An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  to  alter  and  amend  an  Act,  to  'prevent 
the  unnecessary  consumption  of  Grain  by  Distillers  and  Manufacturers 
of  Spirituous  Liquors  in  this  State,  Approved  November  22d,  1862, 
and  amended  April  11th,  1SG8;  and  to  suspend  and  dismiss  all  prose- 
cutions for  Brewing  Las;er  Beer  under  and  by  virtue  of  said  act. 

Whereas,  In  the  first  section  of  said  amended  Act  of  April  1  1th, 


PUBLIC  LAWS. — Insurance  Com v'a sies. 

Merchants   Insurance   Company  of  Columbus. 


1863,  it.  is  declared  that  it  shall  not  bo  lawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  make  or  cause  to  he  made  within  this  State,  any  "Whiskey, 
Alcohol,  or  other  Spirituous  or  Malt  Liquors  :  And  whereas,  it  hus 
been  held,  that  under  said  section,  the  brewing  and  making  of  Lager 
Beer  and  other  innocent  beverages  was  illegal,  and  many  persons 
in  various  parts  of  this  State,  have  been  arrested  and  indicted  for 
tjie  same,  for  remedy  whereof'. 

1.  Section,  I.  />V  it  enacted.  That  the  1st  section  of  the  above  recit  "*ki,{*    '« 
ed  Act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended,  by  inserting  the  worts »*«*■ 
except  Lager  Beer,  after  the  words  Malt  Liquors,  so  as  to  read,as 
follows,  or  other  Spirituous  or  Malt  Liquors  except  Lager  Beer. 

2. "Sec.  II.  That  all  persons  in  this  State,  are  hereby  released  and  pc„011,    ,„ 
relieved  from  the  penalties  incurred  by  the  violation   of  said  Acta^'J},,  £j, 
for  brewing  I.agei -Beer  ;  and  all  prosecutions  instituted  by  officers  J^^ii*/ 
of  this  State,  for  violating  said  Acts  by  brewing  Lager  Beer  in  this 
State,  are  hereby  directed  to  be  settled,  upon   the  payment  of  the 
costs  which  have   accrued  on  the  same,  bv  the  defendant  or   de- 
fendants. 

Sec.   III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws 

Assented  to  Nov.   14,  I' 564. 


TITLE  IV. 


INSURANCE   COMPANIES. 


s*< . 


1.  Capital  Stock  of  •'  Merchants  A-  Iu-| 

surancc  Company. 

2.  Cotnpaoy  incorporated.    Regulations 

t  >r  subscriptions. 
:    S ■■a-  of  Company.    General  POW- 
CI-'. 

fton  of  Piesideat  and  Directors 

<  Mficers  ejected  annually. 

•    '.'.  igibility  nwtricted. 

i.    l',.\T"r  of   President  and    Directors 

I'd  appoint  officers  aud  li'l   vacau 

-  '   To  a  -II  atoek    ol    delinquent 


Stoek-holdcra.  Regulate  dividends 
and  trausfers  <>i  stock.  Distribu- 
tion of  net  profits. 

7.  Miv  * i»k<*  n-<>,  marine  and  inland 
risks  of  insurance.  When  contracts 
binding.  Power  to  rec«  ive  depos 
its,  borrow  and  loan  money,  dii 
count  netes,,&u.  Issuing  bank  bin** 
prohibited. 

8    Liability  ofCpmpanj     0   rtoi  :.  bold 

PI"S. 

''.  Limitation  of  ( "i 


(No.  -3.) 


An  Act  to  incorporate  tin  Insurance  Company  in  tit    rify  of  Columbus, 
*     to^bc  called  the  •*  Merchants'  Tnsurance  Company  of  Columbus  Geor- 


1.  SECTION  I.  Be  it  enact^i,  <$c,  That  there  shall  he  established 
in  the  city  of  Columbus,  an  Insurance  Company,  the  capital  stock 
of  which  shall  be  Five  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars,  with  the  priv- 
ilege of  increasing  said  capital  to  <  >ue  Million,  upon  the  terms  here- 
in prescribed. 

2.  Sec  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  J.  V.  Winter,  E.  Barnard, 
W.  H.  Hughes,  W.  W.  Garrard,  J.  F.  Btzeman,  s.  Rothchildt,  ...:', 


•  . 


. 


14  PUBLIC   LAWS.— Insurance   Companies. 


Merchants  Insurance  Company  of  Columbus. 


Hanserd,  W.  A.  Bedel,  W.  H.  Young,  T.,S.  Spear,  D.  F.  Wilcox, 
and  J.  B.  Hill,  or  any  five  of  them,  are  hereby  appointed  Com-rais- 
siouers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  after  advertising  for  ten  days  in  ono 
of  the  city  papers,  of  the  time  and  place  of  subscribing,  at  any  time. 
„  .  ~  before  the  first  of  January,  Eighteen  Hundred  and  sixty-five,  to 
?-»r,'Kr:i"  °Pen  *n  *ne  c^y  of  Columbiisa  Book,  and  receive  subscriptions  for 
stock  in  said  Company,  whioh  book  shall  be  by  them  kept  open, 
until  the  sum  of  Two  Hundred  and  fifty  Thousand  Dqllars  of  stock 
is  subscribed  for  ;  each  subscriber  shall  at  the  time  pay  to  the 
Commissioners,  twenty-five  Dollars  upon  every  share  subscribed 
for,  and  no  person  shall  be  allowed  to  subscribe  for  more  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  shares  of  said  stock,  but  this  shall  not  prevent 
any  person  after  the  organization  of  said  Company,  from  owning 
more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  shares  by  purchase  or  otherwise. 

3.  Sec  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  those  who  shall  become- 
subscribers  for  said  stock  as  above  mentioned,  their  successors  and 
assigns  shall  be,  and  they  are  hereby  created  and  made,  a  body 
corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  "  Merchants'  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  Columbus,  Georgia,"  and  by  that  name  shall  be,  and  are 
hereby  made  capable  in  law  to  have,  purchase,  receive}  possess,  , 
enjoy  and  retain,  and  sell  all  kinds  of  property  which  may  be  ne- 
cessary to  conduct  the  business  of  the  corporation  ;  to  sue  and  be 
sued,  to  make  and  use  a  comnron  Seal,  and  break,  alter  and  renew 

«ii.ne""!'"  the  same  at  pleasure  ;  to  ordain,  establish  and  put  into  execution, 
sucli  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  seem  necessary  and 
convenient  for  the  government  of  said  corporation,  not  contrary 
to  the  laws  and  constitution  of  this  State  or  of  the  Confederate 
States;  and  generally  to  do  all  acts  and  things,  as  shall  appertain  to 
©r  be  necessary  for  the  carrying  into  effect,  the  objects  and  purpo- 
ses of  said  corporation. 

4.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further  caudal,  That  said  Commissioners  shall 
immediately  after  as  much  as  two  Hundred  and  fifty  thousand  Dol- 
lars of  the  stock  of  said  corporation  shall  have  been  subscribed  for, 

gsedion  «i  and  twenty-five  dollars  per  share  paid  to  them,  call  a  meeting  of 
£irecto».  &the  stockholders,  and  they,  the  stock-holders,  shall  proceed  to  or- 
ganize said  corporation  by  the  election  of  not  less  than  five,  nor 
more  than  eleven  Directors,  a  majority  of  whom  shall  constitute  a 
quorum;,  and  the  said  Directors  shall  elect  one  of  their  members  as 
President,  after  which  said  Commissioners  shall  turn  over  said 
books  of  subscription  and  money  paid  in,  to  said  President  and  Di- 
rectors ;  aud  said  President  and  Directors  shall,  annually,  on  the 
first  day  of  January  in  each  succeeding  year,  call  a  meeting  of  the 
stock-holders,  first  ^giving  them  thirty  days'  notice  thereof  in  one 
of  the  city  papers,  (except  said  first  day  shall  come  on  a  Sunday, 
when  the  meeting  shall  be  on  the  second  day  of  January,)  at  which 
time  the  stock-holders  shall  elect  Directors  forth  ensuing  year; 
S"  wMiry!  ar.d  the  Directors  shall  elect  a  President,  and  said  officers  .shall  hold 
their  office  for  one  year,  or  until  their  successors  are  duly  electtd. 

5.  Sec.  V.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  and  Direc- 


PUBLIC  LAWS. — Insurance   Companies.  i$ 

Merchants  Insurance  Company    of  Cehinkoa. 

tors  shall  be  elected  from  stock-holders  in  wi"ifCompany,  ami  f 

no  person  shall  be  eligible  as  a  Director,  except  he  owns  in  his  own  BUtlMIk,  . 

right  fifty  shares  of  the  stock  of  said  Company  ;  and  further,  that ,triot<^ 

there  shall  be  one  vote  for  each  share,  and  that  absent  stock-hold- 

en  may  vote  by  proxy. 

C.  Sec.  VI.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  President  and  Direc- 
tors shall  have  power  to  appoint  and  remove  at  pleasure,  all  ofti- &*"*»«  * 
cers  or  agents  of  said  corporation,  to  prescribe  their   duties,  take01'^0"' 
from  them  their  bonds  for  their  faithful    performance   thereof;  tOT«.ppoi.t 
fill  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  their  board,  and  appoint  a  Presi-  m^SSL 
dent  protem,  in  the  absence  of  the  President;  and  further,  that  said 
President   and  Directors  shall  have  power,  from  time  to  time,  to 
call  for  the  payment   of  unpaid   stock,  in  such  sums  as  they  m;:v 
deem  proper,  and  said  stock  shall  be  considered  and  held  asiler- 
sonal  property  ;  and  upon  the  neglect  or  refusal  of  any  stoek-hoU- 
er  to  pay  the  instalment    on  his  stock  as  called  for  by   the  Presi-«"i™kt 
dent  and   Directors,  then  upon  ten  days'  notice  being  given  in  one"00  '    "■ 
of  the  city  papers,  said  board  may  sell  said  stock  at,  public  outcry,  • 

and  said  delinquent  stock-holder  shall  still  be  liable  for  the  balance 
due  or  which  may  become  due  oyhim  to  said  corporation,  and  rnay 
be  sued  therefor  in  auy  Court  having  jurisdiction;  and  said  Presi- 
dent, and  Directors  shall  have  further  power  to  make  dividends   .)nii  «.■«..!*.. jw- 

r       ii  l  l     i     /■  ii  ,.  wwwwinfl)    oiiu ideas  »\\<l 

nx  the  place  and  define  the  manner  of  paying  the  dividends,  paying 
interest  and  transferring  stock  ;  and  said  President  and  Directors "** 
shall  have  the  power  to  give  the  holders   of  the  policies  of  said 
corporation  the  right  to   participate  in  the  net  profits  of  the    cor-*:,'"""n,p'»- J 
poration,  to  such  extent,  in  such  mariner,  and  upon  such  terms,  as  '*" 
they  may  deem  proper. 

7.  Sec.  VII.   Be  it  further,  inactcd;  That  said  corporation  shall 
have  authority,  to  injure  against  losses  by  fire,  in  all  kinds  of  prop- 
erty either,  real,   personal  ar  mixed,    oV  choses  in  action  :  a!>o,.u,,t;(k,fir. 
against  nil  the  hazards  of  ocean  or  inland  navigation  and  tnmpw£52*  ££ 
tation  of  any  kind,  as  it  may  determine  ;  audsai.I  corporation  *iiall°V,:,ur"J1""- 
be  liable  to  make  good  and  pay  to  the  several   persons  who  mav 
insure  in  said  corporation,  for  the  losses  they   may   sustain  in  aJ-uv,,    rou. 
cordance  only  with   the  terms  of  the  contract,  of  policy  issued  byS,<"e 
said  corporation  ;  and  no  policy  or  other  contract  of  said  corpora- 
tion shall  be  binding,  except  it  is  signed  by  the  President  and  .Sec- 
retary of  said  corporation;  and  said  corporation  shall  have  power 
to  receive 'money  op  deposit,  to  loan  and    borrow  money,  to  take 
and  give  such  securities  therefor  as  may  be  considered  best,  to  in- 
vest its  money,   and  transfer  its  property  at  pleasure,  to  purchase^"^™' 
and  discount  notes  and  bills  of  exchange,  and  do  all  other  acts  that*"'1  ^'^ 
itxgay  deem   advisable  for  the  safekeeping  and  secure   investment  ™"°*T'notM» 
of  its  funds,  Provided,  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  con-*""' 
strued  to   authorize  said  corporation  to  make  any   note  or  bill  to 
circulate  as  a  bank  bill,  or  to  issue  any   security  to  be  circulated  i..,.in<  u* 
as  money  ;  andit  is/urthcr  enacted,  That  said  corporation  shall  haVo^!,pro 


PUBLIC    LAWS.— JcD'rciART. 


LikbiKtv 
CuHzpasr 


Sessions  of  die    Supreme  Cpnrt  during  invasion. 

power  and  authoriiy  to  make  re-insurance  of  any  risk  that  maybe 
taken  by  them. 

S.  Sec.  VI1J.  Ik  it -farther  enacted,  That  said  Company  shall  be 

responsible  to  its  creditors  to  the  extent  of  its  property  ;  and  the 

•r   Rock-   stock-holders  shall  be  liable  to  the  extent  of  double  the  amount  of 

their  respective  stocks  for  the  debts  of  the  Company,  in  proportion 

to  the  number  of  shares  held  by  each. 

9.  Sec.  IX.  Be  h- further  enacted,  That  this  Charter  and  all  the 
privileges'  and  powers  herein  granted,  shall  continue  in  force  for 
the  term  of  thirty  years  from  the  first  day  of  January,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-live. 

Assented  to  November  14th,   ISOf. 


ittnfiom  ■; 


TITLE  V 


PirscWS 


JUDICIARY. 

Sec     1   Xdjoiirrimeul  of  Supreme    Court   an-.    "      :i     In  certain  cases,  orders  as  Igsewioul 
tborized,  may.  issue  iu'va'cafion. 

•'      -.'    30  days  pu Wished  nol ice   required.    I    "  -    A    Writ*  Oi  error,  how  returned. 

(So.  6.) 

An  Act  to  regulate  thehesuons  of  the    Supreme  Court  (faring  the  present 
invasion  by  the  public  enemy. 

Whereas,  The  public  enemy  is  now  in  possession  of  the  ciiyof 
Atlanta,  is  advancing  towards  the  city  of  Macon,  and  probably 
Milledgeville,  and  these  places  may  by  possibility  during  the  exist- 
ing invasion,  be  placed  within  the  enemy's  lines  : 

And  ichcrcax,  it  is  expedient  and  desirable,  that  the  Supreme 
Court  of  this  State  should  not  be  prevented  from  holding  its  ses- 
sions for  the  due  administration  of  the  laws  of  the  State,  by  reason 
that  the  enemy  is  in  possession  of  the  three  places  to  which  its  sit- 
tings arc  noweonliued  bylaw. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  therefore  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Stale  of  Georgia,  That  the  Supreme  Court  may  adjourn  its  present 
sessiou,  to  such  times  and  such  places  during  the  present   invasion 

£K«£»,*>  of  the  State,  by  the  army  of  the  United  States,  as  said  Court  may 
ST  iUth"r'  deem*  best  for  the  interest  of  the  people  of  this  State;  and   that 
such  adjourned  sessions  may  also,  be  in  like  manner  adjourned,  so 
long  as'the  business  of  the  State  requires  it,  and  the  invasion  con- 
tinues. 

2.  Sec    II.  Be  if  frrtlicr  enacted.  That  thirty  days  notice  of  the 
ao  a*       b. place  and  time  to  which  the  Court   shall  be  adjourned,  shall  be 
"*^**e"  published  by  the  Clerk  of  said  Court,  in  one  or   more   of  the   ga- 
zettes of  this  State. 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Relief. 

VVarehonse  men  oi  this  Stale. 


oi  Sec.  111.  Be  itfurljier   em<:tedx  That   if  from  any  overruling 

cause,  the  members  of  said  Court  should  be  prevented  from  a sscm- '««**" Mner. 
'bting  at  the  time  and  place  designated  by  them,  at  the  close  of  any"?  Vh"SiTu" 
session  of  the  Court,  then'  the  members  of  said  Court,  may  in  va"-™*at'™Bi* 
cation,  by  their  order,  continue  the  session  of  said  Court/to  some 
ether  time  and  place,  upon  giving  similar  notice   of  said  order   in 
saia  gazettes. 

4.  Sec.  IV.   Beit  further enacttiit,  That  any   new  writs  of  error 
.-.rising  out  ol  the  Superior   Courts  of  this  State,  Juring  the  con-w.it.  ct  «r. 
nuuance  of  such  adjournment,  may  be  returned    to  either   of?  said  tuned!*"* 
sessions,  as  of  the  Miiledgeville   November  term,  1S64,  adjourned 
as  aforesaid,  upon   the    usual  proceedings    being  had,  and  notice 
given  as  required  by  law  and  the  rules  of  Court. 

Sec  V.  (Repeals  all  conflicting  laws.)'* 

Assented  to  i\ov.  I  Sib,   1&64. 

*  For  chants  in  Hie  Code,  sec  Appkniijx,  in  frlx'wh  Compiler  j«  r*n  uired  to  include  all 
-  since  il  -  r  loj  tion. 


TITLE  VI. 


i 


liELIEF. 


Si  WnfchuB'f  -mei  itdxeaon  cotton  6loi««I  in  certain 'case?,  and  on  cer- 

lain  coiitli 

(No.  7.) 

An  net,  fir  fhe  rtUefuf  warehouse  men  In  this  Stale  and   for  other  hur- 

poses. 

WherSas,  several  warehouse  men  in  this  State,  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  Comptroller  General  of  this  State,  have  given  in  the 
i, umber  of  bales  of  cotton  in  storage  in  their  respective  warehouses; 

iK/fas,  several  warehouses  have  been  consumed    by  fire    be-rrMn,l,:"' 
fore  the  parties  owning  said  warehouses  could  ascertain  the  owners 
of  the  cotton  stored  with  them,  thus  becoming  liable  for  the  taxes 
of  the  same  ;  therefore,     , 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  whenever  ni.v  warehouse  man 
in  this  State,  has  made  a  return  of  the  number  of  bales  of  cotton  onWtreh«u«- 
storage  in  his  warehouse,  and  owned  and  possessed  by  individuals"""1  »»"• 
other  than  himself,  and  has  thereby  become  liable  for  the  taxes  on "ttoIT'lurpj 
the   same,  and   said  cotton  has  been  burned,  that  said  warehouse "V '"nV"' 
man  shall  only  be  liable  for  the  amount  of  taxes  collected  upon  the*^n».""d'' 
same  ;  and  the  Tax  Collectors  of  their  respective  counties,  are  au- 
thorized to  receive  and  receipt  for  the  same,  in  lieu  of  the  taxes  as- 
sessed, any  law,  usage   or  custom  to  the  contrary  notwithstand- 
ing- 

Approved  Nov.  IStli,  1S6-1. 


18 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Revenue. 


Revenue  for  ei^lif***-!!   hundred  nud  sixty-live. 


TITLE  VII. 


REVENUE. 


SBf .     1  ■  P«T  rent,  of  lax  for  1865. 
"   •  -2.  $-21HH)  exempt  in  certain  cases,  provi- 
ded taxabie   property  dues  wot  ex- 
ceed $10,000. 


'      3.  Comnii.-*iou8  <Jf  Tax  Receivers  and 

Collector^  nowfrraduated. 
'      4.  Goes  into  efleeot  Jst  Janrfaiy,  I860. 

(No.  8.) 

An  Act  to  provide  for  taking  revenue  for  the 'political  yettr  eighteen  hun- 
dred and,  sixty-Jive  ;  and/or  other  purposes. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Comptroller  General,  in  assessing  the  taxes  for  the  en- 
suing year,  to  assess  and  have  collected  such  per  cent.  r,s  shall  be 
sufficient  to  raise  an  amount  of  money,  added  to  the  other  resour- 
ces of  the  State,  with  other  means  provided,by  this  General  As- 

ivr  <*nr.  ofSembly,  to  support  the  Government  for  the  political  year  eighteen 
t.xior  1885.  hundred  and  sixty-five;  Provided,  that  the  amount  raised  shall  nofc 
exceed  one  half  of  one  per  cent,  upon  the  value  of  taxable  proper- 
ty of  this  State,  estimated  in  Confederate  Treasury  notes. 

2.  SeC.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  of  the  property  of  all  offi- 
cers and  soldiers  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States  for  three 
years  or  during  the  war;  and  of  the  two  regiments  of  the  State 
Troops  now  enlisted  for  the  war;  of  the  widows  and  orphans  of  de- 
ceased soldiers,  and  widows  and  other  females  who  have  no  hus- 
bands, whose  sons  are  in  the  army  upon  whom  they  were  depend- 
ent for  support;  of  all  disabled  soldiers,   whether  rendered  so  by 

r.  sickness,  wounds  or  other  causes  while  in  said  service;  the  sum  of 
two  thousand  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is   hereby  exempted  from 
!-esCtprS taxation  under  this  Act; — Provided,  that  the" exemption  contained 
eeed *io,ooo.  jQ  ^js  aC£  sna]}  no^  apply  to  persons  whqse  taxable  property  ex- 
ceeds the  sum  often  thousand  dollars. 

3.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  the  assessment  and  col- 
lection of  the  general  State  tax  for  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five, 
no  Receiver  of  Tax  Returns  or  Tax  Collector,  shall  receive  more 
than  fifteen  hundred  dollars  commissions  on  said  tax;  that  is  to 

uisay,  on  all  digests  that  net  ten  thousan  1  dollars  and  under  twenty 
gratis-  thousand  dollars,  not  more  than  six  hundred  dollars  commissions 
shall  be  allowed  to  each  officer  ;  when  the  digest  nets  over  twenty 
thousand  dollars,  and  under  forty  thousand  dollars,  not  more  than 
eight  hundred  dollars  shall  be  allowed  each  officer  ;  that  when  the 
digest  nets  over  forty  thousand  dollars  and  tinder  sixty  thousand 
dollars,  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  shall  be  allowed  each 
officer;  when  the  digest  nets  over  sixty  thousand  dollars,  and  un- 
der eighty  thousand  dollars,  the  amount  allowed  each  officer  shall 
not  exceed  twelve  hundred  dollars;  and  that  when  the  digest  nets 
over  eighty  thousand  dollars,  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  and  no  more, 
shall  be  allowed  each  officer  by  the  Comptroller  General.  Provi- 
ded, that  in  all  cases  where  the  amount  of  the  digest  exceeds  two 


£2,000    rx- 

rmpt    iu  Kt- 
Tain    cases, 
provided  tax 


Commissions 
c.f  Tax  Ite- 
ceirers     auc 

Col  lei  tors. 
how- 
ted 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— State  Defence.  l* 

A  levy  tn  masse  of  the  whole  male  population  authorized. 


hundred  thousand  dollars,  the  Tax  Collector  and  Tax  Receiver 
shall  receive  one  half  of  one  per  cent,  for  such  additional  one  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars,  and  above  that  sum  until  the  amount  reach- 
es one  million  dollars  ;  and  that  in  allowing  these  officers'  commis- 
sions, the  Comptroller  General  be  directed  to  allow  the  commis- 
sions to  each,  according  to  the  schedule  in  the  Code,  until  the  lim- 
its above  stated  as  to  commissions,  are  reached ;  after  which  the 
limits  shall  be  the  whole  commissions  allowed  for  each  net  digest 
specified  in  this  section.  , 

4.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  go  into  effect  a-*,  ;Bt»«r. 
on  the  first  day  of  January,  1S65.  R!"  "ny- 

Sec.  V.  Repeals:  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Nov.  18th,  1SG4. 


TITLE  VIII. 


STATE   DEFENU;. 


Sec,    5.  C.S. Rules  and  Articles  of  *Var  to 
trov.M  n. 

6.  Powers  of  Governor  in    force  for  40 

days. 

7.  Enlistment  of   tlms**  en^acred   in   \h^ 
Legislative     and    Judicial    Depart- 


S><.  1.  Eutird  white  mae  population  be- 
tween Lfi  ami  '>">  years  ofnge  made 
Bubject  to  Governors  eall. 

"      •-'.  Volunteers  may  be, accepted. 

■"      :*.  Police  regulations  may  be  prescribed 
by  GoVerrior. 

"      4.  Governor    to  upnfer  with    Coufeder  ,  Btteuts  to  be  voluntary 

ate  General  in  command. 

(No.  9.) 

An  act  to  antlibrizc  a  Uvy  en  masse,  oj  the  population  of  Georgia  for  the 
protection  of  its  liberty  and  independence. 

Whekeas,  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State' 
of  Georgia,  in  General  Assembly  convened,  have  learned  from  a 
communication  from  His  Excellency  the  Governor,   that    a  large 
hostile  force  of  the  foe,  whose  presence  has  so  long  desecrated  the- 
soil  of  Georgia,  lias  left  Atlanta  under  the  leadership  of  a  General, 
whose  past  history  is  but  a  recital  of  every  violation  of  civilized  Pr 
warfare,    and  a    repetition  of  every  o.utrage  Which  links  barbarism 
with  the  coarsest  instincts  of  brutal  nature,  with  the  apparent  in- 
tention of  penetrating  the  heart  of  our  noble    old  commonwealth  ; 
ind  whereas,  in  such  an  emergency  it  becomes  a  people   who  are 

led  to  die  freenjen  father  than  to  live  slaves,  to  meenmat 
and  offer  on  the  altar  of  a  common  country,  all    the   resources   in 

,  and  money,  which  GrotJ,  in  hia  benevolence  and  wisdom,  has 
placed  at  their  disposal^  for  the  vindication  of  their  rights,  their 
liberties  and  their  honor;   therefore,  finding   in  the    history  of  the 

•  nothing  to  appall  us,  but  on  the  contrary,  every  incentive  to 
is  forward  to  the  achievement  of  a  glorious  in- 
dependence  by    sundering  the  ties  which  once  bound  us  to  a  near 
friendship  to  our  vindictive  foe  : 

1.  Section  I.  Be  itenacted,  That  the  Governor   be,  and  be  is 


i 


20  PUBLIC  LAWS.— State  Defence. 


A  levy  en  masie  of  whole  male  population  authorized. 


Entire  white  hereby  authorized,  during  the  emergency  now  arising  out  of  the. 
"o*i'i£w?en  present  invasion  of  the  interior  of  our  State  by  the  armies  of  our 
lsf*iftKJ^i  barbaric  foes,  to  summon  to  arms  in  the  field,  the  entire  white 
o^ior'1.0  male  population  of  the  State,  now  residing  or  domiciled  in  the 
**u-  State,    physically  capable   of  bearing  arms,  between  the   ages  of 

sixteen  and  fifty-five  ;  and  to  compel  their  attendance,  for  the  pro- 
tection of  our  soil  and  the  defence  of  our  liberties. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further enacted;  That  the  Governor  be  authorized 
veicnte«rt    to  accept  volunteers,  in  such  numbers  and  such  organizations,  and 
^"ted.  *c    for  such  time,  as  in  his  discretion  he  may  deem  wise  and  prudent, 
during  the  present   emergency,   conforming  as  closely  as  circum- 
stances will  permit,  to    the    existing    militia    organization  of  the 
State. 
p«Kee   regu-     3.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  farther  enacted,  That .the  Governor  be  authori- 
upmcribrS zed,  during  this  emergency,  to  make  such  arrangements  for   police 

>ky  Governc' '•  regulations  in  the  different  counties  of  this  State,  as  in  his  judg- 
ment, the  public  safety  may  demand. 
4.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Governor  be  request- 
Governor  toed  and  authorized,  to  confer  with  the  General  commanding  the 
c^ntVderttV'Confe'derate  forces  in  Georgia,  to  the  end- that  no  detriment  shall 
command. '"  ensue  to  the  due  anfi  necessary  execution  of  Confederate  and  State 
laws,  and  the  proper  maintainance  of  the  necessary  interests  of 
the  State  and  Confederate  Government;  and  that  no  one  shall  be 
relieved  from  duty  under  this  Act,  except  for  the  purposes  herein 
specified,  during  this  emergency  ;  so  that  the  whole  physical  force 
which  both  governments  can  bring  to  the  field,  may  be  employed 
alike  and  in  common,  for  the  defence  of  State  and  Confederate  in- 
dependence. 

5.  Sec.  V.  And  belt  further  enacted.  That  the  persons  called  out 

'  «d ^Article' under  this  Act,  shall  be  subject,  after  said  call,    to  all    the  rules 

£™*r  to   and  articles   of  war  of  the  Confederate   States;  and  on  failure  to 

report,  shall  be  subject  to  the  pains  and   penalties  of  the  crime  of 

desertion. 

G.  Sec.  VI.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  powers  conferred 
'■  coTJrnor'  in upon  His  Excellency  the  Governor  by  this  act,  shall  continue  in. 
rorce  f0t  40 ^^  for  t}]e  perj 0 j_   0f  forty  days,  and  no  longer,  from  and  after 
the  forces  are  called  out  under  it. 

7.  Sec.  VII.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  whereas]  the  Constitutions' 
EiuitmcDt  nas  defined  the  co-ordinate  branches  of  the  government,  to-wit ;  the 
"I^HTs'e  Executive,  Judicial  and  Legislative,  and  the  powers  of  each  ;  ami 
^l<j£$%*  whereas,  one  branch  of  the  government  should   not  be   subject  to 
fi.rtmentB,  to ^[ie  control  of  the  others;  therefore,  it  is  provided,  that  the  enlist- 
8DUiy'  ment  of  those  engaged   in  the  Legislative  and  Judicial   depart- 
ments of  the  Government,  shall  not  be  compulsory,   but  volunta- 
ry. 

Sec.  VIII.  Repeals  conflicting  laws.  * 

Assented  to  Nov.  ]  8th,  1864. 

«  Vote  —The    Supreme  Court   have  made  various  decisions  touching  liability  to  service' 
State  and  Confederate,  not  bearing  upon,  or  directly  connected  with  the  foregoing  law,  but  tbs 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Taxes. 


21 


Tax  on  incomes  and  profits 


points  settled  here  inserted  tor  public  information,  from  their  general  analogy  to  the  subject 
matter  of  the  law  : 

Jones  vs  Billingslea .—Jones  vs  Cutliff:— Habeas  Corpus  cases-  Persons  exempt  from  Con- 
tederat--  service  as  managers  of  their  own  farms,  are  nevertheless,  liable  to  serve  in  the 
State  Militia.— Macon,  March  term  1865. 

\  Leonard  vs'Acce: — Habeas  Corpus:— A  tax  assessor  of  the  Confederate  Spates  is  exempt 
from  military  service  in  the  Militia. — Macon  March  Term  lv 

White  ana  Rowland  vs  St  liars: — Habeas  Corpus. — A  soldier  cannot  obtain  his  discharge 
from  the  army  by  hab-ns  corpus,  because  he  has  been  elected  and  qualified  as  a  Constable 
since  he  entered  the  service.—  Macon  March   Term  1865. 

Smith  vs  IJan  is — Morgan  vs  Bonham  :  Habeas  Corpus. — Under  the  Act  of  Congress  of  Feb. 
17,  1864,  men  between  the  ages  of  17  and  .'>()  years,  and  none  others,  .ire  liable  to  military  ser- 
vice ;  and  a  conscript  in  the  reserve  forces,  who,  since  the  passage  of  that  act,  has  at  tamed  to 
the  age  of  50  years,  may,  H" still  held  tor  service,  be  discharged  by  habeas  corpus. — Macon, 
March  Term  1865. 

Parker  vs  Kaughman— Clark  vslJrady  :  Habeas  Corpus.— 1.  The  power  of  Congress  to  raise 
armies  by  conscription  i  s  not  restricted  to  men  able  for  active  service  in  the  field,  but  extends 
to  such  also  as.  though  unable  for  that  service,  are  capable  of  performing  the  duties  of  "pro- 
vost or  hospital  guard,  or  clerks,  orclerks'  guards,  agents,  employees  or  laborers  in  the  com- 
missary, quartermaster  or  ordinance  departments,  or  of  clerks  or  employees  of  navy  agents,  of 
the  duties  requisite  in  the  execution  of  the  enrollment  Acts,  or  other  similar  duties."  TheCth 
section  of  the  Act  of  Feb.  17.  18134,  entitled  "An  Act  to  Organize  Forces  to  Serve  During  the 
War.'  is  therefore  constitutional 

2.  In  executing  that  section  of  th«  Act,  it  is  necessary  that  the  report  of  the  Hoard  of  Sur- 
geons should  specify  tho  particular  duty  for  whk-h  each  man  is  capable.  A  report  in  general, 
terms,  that  the  conscript  is  fit  for  light  duty,  is  not  sufficient.  In  administering  tho  military 
statutes  of  the  country,  a  strict  conformity  to  their  provisions  is  requisite. — Macon,  March, 
r«7*jl865. 

Brock  vs.  McClasky— McLnne  vs.  Collins:  Habeas  Corpus.— Soldiers  belonging  to  the 
f.loi  federate  States  Reserves,  who  are  arrested  for/felony,  by  the  civil  authorities  of  the  State, 
and  admitted  to  bail,  are  liable  to  be  ordered  back  to  their  command  while  going  at  large,  and 
to  be  put  again  on  duty.  Those  cases  are  controlled  in  principle  by  the  case  of  Alfred  vs.  Ir- 
win, decided  at  MilledgeviTlej  in  November  last.— Macon,  March  Trim  1865. 

Smith  vs.  Brooks  :  Since  the  passage  oft  he  Act  of  Congress,  entitled,  "An  Act  to  put  an  oud 
to  the  exemption  from  military  service  nfthose  who  have  heretofore  furnished  substitutes,"  it 
fo-lows,  that  one  who  lias  put  in  a  substitute  is  not  entitled  to  his  discharge  from  the  custody  of 
the  Enrolling  Officers. on iliat  ground — Mittedfreville,  Nov.  Term  1864. 

!>.*>-  vs. A  minor  below  the  age  of  17  years,  not  liable  to  military  service,  and  wRo  has 

volunteered  into  service,  is  notwithstanding,  entitled  to  his  discharge  upon  application  by 
habeas  corpus.  lie  is  incapable, of  giving  his  oonsrnt  to  a  contract  bv  which  he  would  bo 
bound—  MtlUdgcrilJc,  Nov.  Tei  *  1,864. 

Afltdey  X8.  Starr—  \  contractor  to  furnish  the  Confederate»StateH  with  arms, -is  not  exempt 
by  reason  tl  ■  •  nrollment  as  a  <■<  nscript. — Milhdgeville..  Nov.  Teem  1864. 

Anderson  i      5  s  was  enrolled,  as-a  cnscrlpf,  and  detailed  to  oversee  his  own  planta- 

tion and  negi   •  detail  was  subsequently  revoked.    S.  was  'elected,  commissioned  and 

qaalifi  -     Being  ordered  to  report  to  the  Carpp  of  Inst  motion,  prepara- 

tory to  assignment  lo  duty  and  in  Us  tt  ring  into  service,  he  sued  out  a  writ  ot  habeas  corpus  to  be 
discharged— Held,  that  his  election  tofhe  rjffiee  of  Just  ice  of  the  Peace  entitled  him  to  a  dis- 
charge, and  that  tne  Enrolling  Oficei  had  no  right  to  detain  him  under  the  circu'msti 
March  Tcr'ni,lt 


TITLE   SX. 


TAXES. 


mated  by  ni  t    ii  i 
in  pure  hi  of  property. 

2  Property  relieved  from  tax  when  de 
stroyedby  the  enemy  or  by  order 
of  commandii  g  General. 

foj  collecting  tax. 

4.  Inferior  Court  in  each  county  tball  6x 

valuation  of  sla\  i-  betn  een 
•- 
.  \  aluatton  to  ed   on   minutes 

and  copy  w  ni  to  <  otnptrofli 
eval. 

5.  C  .idate  and  ;. 


iveragc  value  of  different  age,. 
A.  e      and    notify    Tax   Receivers. 

Mi  W  valued. 

Tax  payer*  to  tetorn  a  listof  slaves  by 

agPM  ami  sexes.  f 

Cnsound    or  crippli  not  m 

eluded,  and  how  valued 
Additional   oath  iu  cases    ofui 


('••mp.    Gen.   shall    send    nr.ni.-: 

printed  coP3 

and  blank  schedule! 


Infcrioi  Court   printed  copy  of  act 


22  PUBLIC   LAWS.— Taxes. 


.Property  deutniyer]  \,y  the  public  enemy— Time  for  collection  of  Taxes  extended— Tax  o<i  Slaves- 


I 


(No.  1 0.) 

An  act  dcclaratemj  of  (he  true  intent  and  meaning  of  an  act,  entitled  An 
act  to  levy  and  collect  a  tax  on  net  incomes  and  pro/its,  assented  to  lith 
Dec.  1863. 

1.  Section!.  Be  it  enacted,  dt.,  That  the  true  intent  and  mean- 

latOBC      tax  .  .  ii  tii  l 

«*,im»t*<i  kYuifir  of  the  above  recited  act,  was  to  levy    and  collect  a  tax  on  the 

aei  income  o.  •  *      J  ^  i         i  r  i  J 

in   pw«b?»enet  incomes  and  prohts  made  in  the  purchase  and  sale   ot  real  and 

rvo,tTij.     personal  property  ;  and  that   the    Comptroller  General  is  hereby 

directed  to  remit  all  taxes  which  have  been  assessed  or  collected, 

when  satisfactory  proof  shall  be  made  to  the  Comptroller  General, 

that  said  tax  has  been  assessed  and  collected  contrary  to  this  act. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Nov.  ISth.  1SG1. 

(No.  11.) 

An.  act  for  the  relief  of  Tax  Payers,  on  property  lost,  destroyed  or  rtn- 
dered  valueless  by  the  public  ene??iy,  or  by  order  oj  the  commanding 
Generals  of  the  Confederate  Army. 

2.  SECTION  I.  Be  it  enacted,  fyc,  Thai  all  property  lost,  de- 
rrc  ert-v  re-^1'0}'^  or  rendered  valueless  by  reason  of  the  public  enemy,  or 
taVwicnrd™  ky  order  of  the  Commanding  Generals  of  the  Confederate  Army, 
•troyed  by   before  the  tax  on  it  is  paid-,  shall  be  relieved  from  taxation  ;'  Provi- 

tl:e  enemy  or  i.  '  ,.(.;. 

^m°*«.n«ftfitf,  the iax  payer,   in    cases   where  the  property  has  been   given 

Bengals.     in?  snan  make  oath  that  he  Jias  just  reason  to  believe,  and  actually 

does    believe,  that  the  same  was  so   lost,    destroyed  or    rendered 

valueless  by  the   public  enemy,  or  by   order    of  the   Commanding 

Generals  of  the  Confederate  Army. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws.        * 

Approved  Nov,  ISth,  1S04. 

(No.  12.) 

An.  act  to  extend  (he  time  for  the  collection  of  Taxes  due  by  the  citi- 
zens  of  this  State,  and  for  other  purpejses. 

3.  Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  this  Stale  do  enact,  That 
TiKt.jt  nd-thc  time  for  the  collection  of  the  Taxes,  and  the  settlement 
r.yia*;,etl'with  the  Comptroller  General  by  the  several  Tax  Collectors  of  this 

State,  be  extended  to  the  first  day  of  March  next. 
Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Nov.  14,  1S61. 

(No.  13.) 

An  act  toeejualize  the  tax  on  Slaves  in  the  several  counties  in  this  State. 

Whereas,  From  an  exhibit  in  the  Comptroller  General's  Re- 
port, it  appears  there  is  a  great  want  of  uniformity  in  the  valua- 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Taxes.  _23 

Equalization  of  Tnx  on   Slaves. 


non  of,  or  an  inequality  in,  the  tax  paid   on  slaves  in   the  several  pwamM,. 
counties  of  this  State  ;  for  the  purpose,  therefore,  of  equalizing  as 
far  as  possible,  the  tax  on  this  class  of  property  : 

4.  SECTION  I.   TJie   General  Assembly  of  the   State  of  Georgia  do 

ttoact,  That  from  and   immediately  after  the   passage  of  this  act,  JJBurfiI '"  1- 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Justices  of  the   Interior  Court,  or  a  ma- iuV«krtwe.' 
jority  of  them,  in  the  several  counties  in  this  State,  to  assemble  at0"'1""'  *',s' 
the  Court  House,  on    the  first   Monday   in  February,  in  each  and 
every  year,  and  place  a  valuation  in  Confederate  money,  for  taxa- 
tion,*  upon  all  sound  slaves,  according  to   their  ages — that  is  to 
eay  :  they  shill  first  place  the  market  value  in  Confederate  Treas- 
ury notes,  uporT  all —  1st,   slaves   under  two    years  of  age  ;  2d,   all 
from  two  to  six  ;  Jd,  all  from  six  to  twelve  ;  4th,  all   from  twelve 
to  sixteen;  5th,   all  from  sixteen   to  twenty-five  ;  6th,    all    from 
twenty-five  to  thirty-live;  7th,  all  from  .thirty-fire  to  forty-five  ; 
-th,  all  from  forty-five  to  fifty-five-;  9th,  all  from  fifty-five  to  sixty- 
five.     When  the  slaves  are    of  the  age  of  sixteen  or  upwards,  the 
classification  of  the  value  of  the  males   and  females  shall  be  sepa- 
rate. 

5.  Si:c.  II.  Be  it  further  \enactcd{  That  when  the  Inferior  Court v.^io.  ■ 
shall  have  placed  the  value  upon  slaves  as  directed  in  the  forego- ^",',7,'."," 
iog  section,  they  shall  enter  the  same  upon  the  minutes,  and  i m- c?n%f ep,ut 
mediately  send  "the  copy  of  the  same  to  the  Comptroller  General's 

*  cilice,  at  Milledgeville. 

f>.  Sec.  IT.   Be  it  further  enacted,  That  on  or  immediately  after Cltmp  G„nl 
the  first  Monday  in  March,  in  each  and  every  year,  the  Comptroller  S^SftJ 
General  shall  examine  the  returns   of  the   Justices  of  the   Inferior "J^-j 
Lifts,  assessing  the  value  on  slaves  according  to  age,  as  directed *■«; 
this'Aot;  and  alter    noting    and  consolidating  all    the  returns t«  aSffy 
ived  for  each   age.   shall  ascertain  the  average  value  through- 
cut  the  State,  placed  upon  each  age,   as  is  hereinbefore    enumera- 
ted; and  shall  embrace;  a  Statement  of  such  valuation  in  his  annual 
circular    to    the  Receivers  of   Tax    returns,     with   the   average 
value   throughout  the  State  so  ascertained,  which  shall   be  deemed 
and  held  to  be  the  value  of  each  sound  slave   in  this  State,    of  the 
different  ages  named  ;  except  as  to  mechanics,  all    body  servants,  ^''^^f 
i  lath  men  or  seamstresses!     In  all  case-,   where  any   slave  shall  be 
a  mechanic" following    his    trade,  an    additional  value   of  fifty    per 
cent,  shall  be  placed  upon  the    same  by  the  Receiver  of  Tax    Re- 
turns 

7.  Sec!   IV.    Be   U  fufyher  enacted,  That    all    persons,   hereafter  ^ 
in  returning  slaves  for   taxation,  be   requested  tO; furnish    the  Re- ^ rj»««^ 
I     ver  of  Tax  Returns  with  a  list  containing  the    ages  of  his,   her,^-.  J 
..r  their  slaves  and  their  sexes,  when   any   portion  of  this  Act  Te- 
res the   distinction  to  be  made  ;  and  that  the    Receiver  of    Tax 
Returns  be,  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  place  such    valuation  up- 
on the  same,  as  is  furnished' him  by   the   Comptroller  General,  in 
npliance  with  :h;-  Act  ;  except  such  a-  shaniei  following 


PUBLIC    LAWS.— Taxes. 


Equalization  of  Tax  on  Slaves. 


their  trade;  upon  which  he  shall  place;):)  additional  value  ofriity 
per  cent. 

S.  Sec.  V.  Be  'd  further  enacted,  That   Receivers   of    Tax   I'.  - 
turns,  in  assessing  the  value  as  directed  in  the  foresroins;  section, 
iTDMOBd   orShall  not  include  any  unsound  or  crippled  slaves  in  such  valuation. 
«rit?idBde"  if  objected  to  by  owner,   agent,  or  person   making   the    return: 
^lhcw  V81' but  such  owner,    agent,  or  person    making   said    return,  shall   be 
permitted  or  he  requested  to  swear  to  the  unsoundness  or  deform- 
ity of  said  slave  or  slaves,  and  also  swear  to  their  true  value. 

9.  VI.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  case  any  tax  payer  shai' 
have  in  his,  her  or  their  schedule  of  slaves,  any  unsound  or  de"- 
formed  slave  or  slaves,  which  he,  she  or  they  object  to  being 
valued  at  the  regular  valuation,  he,  she   or  they  shall  be  required 

Addition.]  to  take,  in  addition  to  the  usual  oath,  the  following  oath,  viz : 
^Jo^You  do  further  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  cage  niay  be.)  that  the 
lrf,Te5-  slave  (or  slaves)  that  you  now  object  to  being  valued  as  other 
slaves  are  valued,  is  (or  are)  unsound  in  health  or  deformed,  and 
is  (or  are)  not  worth  as  much  as  other  slaves  of  like  age,  and  that 
said  slave  (or  slaves)  is  (or  are)  not  worth  more  than  the  valuation  ' 
placed  upon  the  same. 

10.  Sec.  VII.  Be  it  further  enacted,  .That  it  shall  be  ths  duty  o; 
c°jjp-e g«): the  Comptroller  General,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  of  January  in 
n^'y^; each  and  every  year,  to  have  printed,  and  he  shall  send  to  the 
pj:int^tc3  Justices  of  the  Inferior  Courts,  in  the  form  of  a  circular,  a  copy 
ki»nk  sohed-of  this  Act,  together  with  a  blank  and  schedule  to  befilled  up  and 

signed  by  the  Justices  of  the  Inferior  Court,  and  return  to  ths 
Comptroller  General's  office,  showing  the  assessment  of  valuation 
by  the  said  Justices,  according  to  the  herein  enumerated  ages  of 
slaves. 

Sec.  VIII.  Repeals  conflicting  laws.  ■ 

•      Approved  Nov.  ISth,  1864. 


1'ART  'II. 


PRIVATE   AND    LOCAL  LAWS. 


Tin.i;    I.— CITIES. 

II.— COUNTY    LINES. 
III.— ROADS. 


) 


PART  II    LOCAL  AND  PRIVATE  LAWS. 
TITLE  I. 


CITIES. 

1    Mayor'and  Council  i>f  Columbus  an-j  "      3.  Erecting  of  Market  House  in  City  <>t 

(homed  lo  increase  license  rates  of]  Columbus,  autDori&ed.sProviso. 

-  retaihaz  liquors;  running  Drays,  Ex-  "       t.  Sales  of  "produce  by  retail,  except   si 

press  vrasfons",  and  practicing  profes-l  Market  House  within  market  borfrs, 

-.■ins  in  said  City.  may  be  prohibited  by  Mayor]  and 

-   Elections  of  Marshal,  Dept.  Marshal  Counbil. 

&£,  held  like  the  Mayor's.  I  "      ."■.  Applies  only  to  usual  retail  dealfrn 

(No.  14.) 

An' Act  to  amend  (he  C/turfer.'of tjve  City  of  Columbus\    a  ml  t>>  chaitgt 
the  place  r.f  holding  election*  for   certain  city  officers  in  said  (titij, 

I.  Section   I.   Bc\h 'enacted  joy  tjie  Gencral^Assembly . of* the  Sta't    (if\\U„t    »*- 
ticorgiai  That  the   Mayor' and  Council  of  the  city   of  Columbus;   ';:; ,\,1„",ai ,. 
shall   be,   and   they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  10  in- 
crease the  price  for  any  license,  to  retail  spirituous  liquors  :  to  run^ninfii-^ 
any  drays  or  express  wagons ;  or  for  the  practice  of  tfny  profession ;;;';;,'., 
or  pursuit,  for  which  a  license  is  now  required  by  the  ordinances  el 
-.lid  ciiv.    to  such  sums  as  in  their  discretion  may  be.proj>er  and  :,.,,:*„  •"';"; 
just. 

-.'.  Sec.  II.  Beit  further  evicted,  That  the  elections  for  Marshal,  KhiaS,*^i 
mty  Marshal.  Sextcn  and  Clerk  of  Council  of  said  city  of  Col- 2X  „,,$•£ 
umbus,  shall  be  held  at  the  same  place,  and  in  the    same   manner,  ,^,',;k,"  *" 
iie  election  for  Mayor  of  said  city    is  now  held.     This  act  shall  01       .    . 
e  efteel  from  date  of  its  passage. 

.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assentecl  to  Nov.  Wh,  LS64.  , 

•      (No.   15.) 

An.  Act  to  aulhorizt  tin  May  ij  and  Council  of  the  City  of  Columbus  to 
'  a  Market    Houet   in   oiteof  the  streets  of  said  City  ;  and  to  pa* 

ordiham  es  to  establish  <iml  regulate  a  "public  Market  m  snid  <  ity. 

3.  Si.c.  I.  Be  it  enacted,  Thai  the  Mayor  and  the  Council  of  the 
city  of  Columbus  shall  l»e,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered,  to  erect  a  Market  House,  to  be  nded  as  a  public  Mar- 
ket, in  any  one  of  the  streets  in  said  city;  Prarided,  sumcienl  ipaoe 

be  left   unon  either   side  of  said  Market  House,  to  allow  the  free 
1 


LOCAL  AND  PRIVATE  LAWS.— County  Links. 


Line  between  Muscogee  and    Chattahoochee  defined. 


I 


and  easy  passage,  of  vehicles  in    the  ordinary    travel  along  such 
Frovu...       street. 

saie8 of    ro-     4-  Sec.  II.  B»  it  further  enacted,  That  in    order  to  enable   the 
daw'Vre-" Mayor   and   said  Council  to  establish  a  public  Market  in  said  city, 

fail,  except  at  J  -i  i  i  ji  •         l  i  *t 

wiVilin  hnT»7. tae  sau^  Mayor  and  Council  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered. 
krtwf"**.^  prohibit  "the  sale  by  retail,  of  such  fresh  meats  and  vegetables 

niav    be   pro-  1  ,,.  t    .-        »«-        1       ,  ,,  1    A       • 

hibited  by    ag  are  usually  sold  in  a  public  Market,  at  any  other   place  in  said 

Mayor      ami  J  >■  ,-\Pi  ji  i  1       / 

c.n«.fi.  city,  except  at  the  Market  House,  until  after  the  usual  market 
hours  ;  and  to  impose  such  penalties  upon  offenders,  as  upon  other 
offenders  against  the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

5.  Sec.  III..  Be  ii  further  enacted,  That  no  person  shall  be  pun- 
^pp)iT.infnr£  ished  for  any  violation  of  an  ordinance  passed  under  and  by  virtue 
of  the  second  section  of  this  Act,  except  such  persons  as  shall 
usually  bring  marketable  articles  for  sale  in  said  city  by  retail  at 
the  Market  House  ;  and  that  this  act  take  effect  from  and  immedi- 
ately after  its  passage. 

Sec.  IV.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Nov.  17th,  ISGo.  , 


tail  dftlfl's. 


TITLE.  II. 


COUNTY  LINES. 

County  line   between   Muscngss.  anrijSfiC.    2,  Lots  iu  Paulding  add 
QliaUftlioochee  defiueS,, 


ed  to  Carrqlj. 


(No.  1G.) 

An    Act  to  df/iiir  the  line  between  the  counties  of  Muscogee  and   Chatta- 
hoochee. 

1.  Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by   the  General  Assembly  of  the    State  of 
county  line  Georgia,  That   the  line   between  the  counties  of  Muscogee  and 
bogeea£i     Chattahoochee  shall  be  defined  to  be,  the  center   of  the   Upatoie 
cne«  d.tiue.i.  Creek,  from  the  Chattahoochee  River  up  said  creek  to  the  origin- 
al  line  of  Talbot  county,  except  lots  of  land  numbers  eighty-two, 
eighty-three,    eighty-four,  eighty-five,  one  hundred  and   one   hun- 
dred and   two,  and  parts  of  lots   eighty-six  and  one  hundred  and 
three,  formerly  owwed  by  John  W.  Woolfolk  deceased. 

Sec.  II  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  Nov.  ISth,  1SG4. 

(No.  17.) 

An  Act  to  add  certain  lots  of  land  therein  named,  in  the  connltj  of  Fqndd- 
ing  to  the  county  of  Carroll  and  for  other  purposes. 

2.  Sec.  I.  Be  h  enacted,  That  lots  of  land  numbers  sixteen   and 
seventeen  (10  17,)  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  and   one  hundred 


LOCAL    AND  PRIVATE   LAWS.— Roads.  29 

Road  Commipsiiipera  in  Lincoln   Comity. 

and  forty-nine,  and  fractional  lots,  numbers  one  hundred  and  8ix-Utt 
ty-one  and   one  hundred  and  sixty-two,  all  in  the  first  district  and ggjj *** 
third  section  of  original  Cherokee,  but  now  Paulding  county  Geor-  * 
da,  be  added  to  the  county  of  Carroll. 
Assented  to  Nov.  17th,  1864'. 


TITLE  III. 

roads.; 

m  t       i     Cei  tain  Roa  •  I  ■  ,..:.:.   Lincoln  county'. 

(No;   10.) 

An "Actio  rrpml  an,  Act  entitled,  art  Act  to 'alter  end  anveiuL  the  Road 
Laics  of  this  State,  in  reference  to.thetime%bf  assembling  of  Road 
( 'qinmissioneps  to  heaf  and  determine  upon  excuses  rendered  bydefavi- 
tas  (tnd  by  overseers,  so  far  as  respects  the  cotbtty    of  Lincoln, 

Sec,  I.    Tin-  General* Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia' do  enact,  cerutn  road 
That  the  above  recited  act  be,  and  the  same,  is  hereby  repealed.   «™'>rfiJ 

1  county 

Assented  to  Nov.  14th.  ISO 4. 


( 


RESOLUTIONS 

ADOPTED  BY 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 


Or1    THE 


STATE  OF  GEORGIA. 


AT  AN 

ANNUAL  SESSION  IN   L864. 


i 


No  1. 

No  2. 


No.  3. 
Wo.  4. 
No.  b 

No.  6 


-  ii  ional  day  of  pra; 
Recommended. that  G.  S.  four  percent 
bonds,  and  certificates  for  produet 

i  for  tnx<'j. 
Mail  nmte  recommended.  Mb 

Mai!  route  recommended. 
.  State  Treasurer  authorized  to  count  and  No 
burn  plinnge  bill-J  and  Treasury  notes. 

[Yeasurer  authorized   to  reinov<  X" 
money  and  paper'. 


Commutation  of  tux  in  kint 
(rmnendcd. 


:,-  \, 


8.  Collection  of  taxes  postpone 
overrun. 

9.  Passage  of  biLls  on  first  reading  a 
ized. 

10.  Respect  k>  the  memory  of  the  Hon. 
Jffferwn  Adams. 

11.  Respect  to  the  memory  of  the    Hon. 
Simpson  Reid 

12.  Respect  to  the  memory    of  John   II. 
.Johnson. 

1  I.  Mail  route  recommended. 


(No.  1.) 


. !  Resolution  providing  for  tJic  appointment  of  a  joint  Committee  to  mqh 
arrqng  *c  of  a  national  day  of  Pray  >    . 


Wherkas,  The  President;  of  the  Confederate  3  es  lias  issued 
his  Proclamation  setting  apart  Wednesday,  the  Iflth  of  November 
instant,  as  a  day  ol  general  religious  ohservanci  \nd  whereas,  it 
is  proper  that  this  General  Assembly  should  respond  publicly  to 
the  same  ;  Therefore  be  it 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  a?i<J  House  of  R  'atires,   That  ;i  Com- 

mittee- of  ijoth  Houses  of'the  General    Assembly  b 

their  respective  branches,  to  make  suitable   arrangements  for  i h"t- 1.'.'*!""  -p^— ■«■ 
solemn   observance  Dt  said  day,  iu  accordance  with  the  request  of 
'resident. 

Approved  November  10th.  I^M. 


RESOLUTIONS. 


Knur  per  cent  Confederate   Bonds— Mail  RnntVs; 

"(No  2.)   : 


Resolved  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Slate  of  Georgia,  That  our 
&VS?v" Senators  and  Representatives  in  "the  Confederate  Congres  be,  and 
r«rtiS;are  hereby  requested,  to  use  their  influence  to  procure  the  passage 
t  £$?£'  of  a  law,  making  four  per  cent  Confederate  bonds  permanently. 
foruxM.  receivaDie  in  payment  of  taxes  due  to  the  Government ;  and  also 
the  certificates  of  indebtedness  given  in,  exchange  for  produce  and 
other  property,  receivable  in  payment  of  taxes. 

2d.  That  the  Governor  be  requested  to  forward  a  copy  of  these 
oiutK^sube resolutions  to  each  of  our  Senators  and   Representatives  in  Con- 


far  Dished  om 

i  » in    oress. 

t'tiBglVM. 


Approved  November  11th,  1S64. 

(No.  8.) 

Be  it  resolced  by  the  General  Assembly  pf.lhe  State  oj  Georgia,  Thar. 
Vl,  ,,,  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress  be  requested  to  use 
their  influence  to  have  a  weekly  Mail  route  established  from  the 
town  of  Quitman  in  Brooks  county,  by  the  way.  of  Tallokas  in  said 
county,  and  James  Robinson's  in -Colquitt  county,  to  the  town  of 
Moultrie  in  the  latter  county. 

2nd.  Resolved,  ThabHis  Excellency  the  Governor  be  instructed 
■"  -'-''^''■'  'to  transmit  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  our  Senators  and  Repre- 
sentatives in  the  Confederate  Congress. 
Assented  to  November  14,  1S64. 

(No.  4.) 

A    Resolution   requesting  the  discontinuance   of '"of  the  present '-iri-weekhj 
Mail  route  from  Cedar  town,  in  Folk  county,  to  Rome,  Floyd  county-; 
and  the  establishment  in  lieu  thereof  hfa,  daily  Mail  route  from  Ct- 
■    dartoivn  to  Cave  Springs.     . 

Whereas,  The  Mail  facilities  of  the   citizens    of   Polk   county., 
would  be  greatly  increased  by  the  discontinuance  of  the  .present; 
tri-weekly  Mail  route  from  Cedartown  to  Rome,  the  distance  being 
twenty  miles,  and  the  establishment  in  lieu  thereof,  a  daily  Mail 
route  from  Cedartown  to  Cave  Springs,  the  distance  being  only 
ei^ht  (3)  miles,  and  there  intersecting  a  regular  daily  Mail  line  : 
Therefore  be  it  resolved  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Gcor- 
Stewuhm'n*  ir!<h  That  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress  beinstruc- 
"'r  ""^cSm- te.d  and  requested  to  use  their  influence  to  procure  the  discontinu- 
lfH,.°,  c*ve  ance  of  the  present  tri-weekly  Mail  route  from  Cedartown  to  Rome, 
in  this  State,  and  the  establishment  in  lieu  thereof,  of  a  daily  Mail 
route  from  Cedartown  to  Cave  Springs. 
Assented  to  November  14,  1S64. 

;(No.  5.) 
A  Resolution  authorizing  the  State  Treasurer  to  bum  certain  funds. 
rrc  »u#        Whereas,  a  joint  Resolution  has  just  been  adopted,  authorizing 
the  Treasurer  of  this  State  to  remove  the  public  funds,  and  papers 


RESOLUTIONS.  33 


lie.muval  of  State  Treasury  to  a  plare  of  safety — Institute  CvuuVies. 

«>f  importance  to  a  place  of  safety  ;  and  whereas,  a  large  amount  ofsute  Tre»» 
change  bills  and  State  Treasury  Notes  of  great  bulk,  and  trouble- "^oc^'i 
some  of  transportation,  are  accumulated  in  the  Treasury,  *hanMrnbin, 

Therefore,  resolved  by  the  House  of'  Representative*,  (he  Senate  <  ojia/r-lliet.     un 
ring,  That  the  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  count  and  burn, 
in  the  presence  of  any  three  or  more  honorable  gentlemen,  being Howc*"'**' 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court,  Judges  of  the  Superior  or  Inferior 
Court,  Bank    or  County  olrirers.  at   State    House  officers,  such 
amount  of  said  change  Bills  and  Treasury  Notes,  as  he  may  think 
proper  ;  and  the   eertilicate  of  the  gentlemen  bo  witnessing  said 
counting  audburning,  shall  be  the  voucher  of  the  Treasurerfor  thtfiMM.  , 
amount  so  destroyed,  and  entitle  him  to  a  warrant  for  said  amount, 
on  presentation  to  the  Executive  Department. 

Assented  to  November  18,  1804, 

(No  6:) 

Resolved  by  the    General    'Assembly    o''  the  State  <>/   Georgia,  That 
John  Jones, Treasurer,  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  "required,;?™*  £3*£ 
m  take  such  steps  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  to  convey  the  public™?,  pubE 
money  and  important  paper*   connected  vrith  his  ollice,  to   some X"^.   1U<J 
place  of  safety. 

Approvtd  November  l?tli.  1864. 


i 


(No  7.) 

Resolutions  requesting  His  Excellency  Oie  (loir/nor,  tnd our  Senators 
and  Representatives  in  Congress,  to  use  their  influence  to  procure  an 
order  from  the  Secretary  of  War  to  allow  the  injerior  Conrls 
in  this  State,  to  commute  and  purchase  the  corn  and  other 
provisions  collected  as  tax  in  kind  for  the  use  of  Soldiers  families, 
refugees,  eri/es  and  indigent  poor  of  their  respective  count  its. 

WHEREAS,  in  many  counties  in  this  State  the  crops  of  corn  and 
other  provisions  were  cut'short  by  the  heavy  protracted  rains  in  ih«pKU.i. 
spring,  followed  by  a  long  and  severe  drougth  in  the  summer;  And 
ivluiros.  many  other  counties  have  been  occupied  and  overrun  by 
both  our  armies  and  the  public  enemy,  each  foraging  in  turn,  con- 
tinuing and  destroying  the  provisions  and  crops,  and  taking  and 
carrying  off  the  farm  stock,  so  that  by  the  unfavorableness  of  the 
seasons,  and  the  devastation  of  the  armies,  in  many  counties  in 
this  State,  the  families  of  soldiers,  refugees,  exiles  and  indigent 
poor  must  necessarily  be  subjected  to  great  and  extreme  sufteriDo-, 
it  the  little  surplus  produced  by  the  few,  and  more  fortunate 
planters  in  those  counties,  should  be  collected  and  carried  away 
mider  the  tithing  laws: 

Therefore  be  it  rooked  by  this  General  AuemUg,  That  His  Excel- «VS'lUM 
lency  the  Governor,  and  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Cob-SSS"? 
gress  be,  and  are  hereby  requested,  to  apply  to  the  Secretarv  ofS^JSi* 
War,  and  use  their  mfluence  to  have  an  order  issued,  directing'the^uV;; 
Collectors  of  Tax  in  Kind  to  turn   over  and  commute  to  the  Jui-'.m^" 


V 


3*>  RESOLUTIONS. 


Suspension  of  the  collection  of  Taxes,  in  certain  cases — Death  of  Hon.  Jefferson  Adame. 


I 


tices  of  the  Inferior  Courts,  in  counties  where  the  provision  crop* 
are  short,  or  the  provisions  have  been  devoured  and  destroyed  by 
the  armies,  as  stated  in  the  foregoing  preamble,  to  such  an  extent 
as  to  subject  the  people  to  want  and  suffering,  so  much  of  the  provis- 
ions of  the  tax  in  kind,  as  the  Inferior  Courts  will  certify  to  His  Ex- 
cellency, to  be  absolutely  necessary  for  the  support  of  soldiers'  fami- 
lies, refugees,  exiles  and  the  indigent  poor,  in  their  respective  coun- 
ties, upon  the  payment  by  said  Courts  for  the  tax  in  kind,  in  money, 
and  the  cost  of  collecting  the   same.  » 

7Wlrt.oiu       2nd  Resolved,  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be  requested 
i^feefonrardto  forward  a  copy  of  these   resolutions  and  preamble  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  and  each  of  our  Senators   and   representatives  in 
Congress. 

Assented  to  November  18,  1S64. 

(No.  8.) 

Resolution  to  suspend  the  collection  of  Taxes,  in  certain  cases. 

Resolved,  &fc,  That,  in  all  such  counties  as  have  been    overrun 

by  the  public   enemy,   and  by  reason  whereof,  the  Receivers  and 

cuiwticn  0rCollectors  of  Tax   have  not  been    able  to  complete  their  books, 

unieyoft-    anc|  t0   collect  the   taxes  of  said  counties,  the  ■  collection  of  taxes 

pocvefl  in  con-  _  . .  .  _ 

to»  •TttTun.  jr,e  8llSpended  for  the  present  year,  1SG4,  and  until  a  reasonable 
time  for  the  same  to  be  done  ;  and  that  the  Comptroller  General 
be  instructed  not  to  enforce  the  Collectors  in  said  counties  to 
collect  the  same,  until  a  reasonable  time  after  they  may  have 
been  freed  from  the  enemy,  for  them  to  make  their  collections 
and  returns. 

Assented  to  November  18th,  1SG4. 

(No.  9.) 
1  Resolution  to  facilitate  the  business  <*f'  the  present  session. 

n«ne«  er       Resolved,  That  in  the  judgment   of  the  General  Assembly,   in 
Saeg  hau'view  of  the  invasion  of  the   State,  the    emergency  has  arisen,  iti 
utoriscd.      y-hich  the  General  Assembly  may  pass  bills  upon  the   first  read- 
ing, under  the  Constitution. 

Assented  to  November  18,  1864. 

(No.    10.) 

Resolutions  in  relation  to    the  death  of  the  Honorable  Jefferson  Adams, 
late  Senator  from  the  28//*  District. 

Whereas,  since  the  last  session  of  the  General  Assembly,  the 
•  Honorable  Jefferson  Adams,  late  Senator  from  the  28th  District, 
has  been  called  away  from  time,  to  experience  the  solemn  reali- 
ties of  the  future  state :  And,  whereas,  it  is  due  to  his  memory, 
that  this  body  should  give  expression  to  the  sorrow  it  feels  over 
their  sad  bereavement :  Therefore  be  it 


RESOLUTIONS.  3S 


Death  of  Hon.  Simpson  Reid — Death  of  lion.  John  II.  Johnson. 


Resolved  by  the  Senate,  That  we   have  heard  with  profound  re-  . 
gret  of  the  deatk  of  the  Houorable  Jefferson  Adams,   late  Senator 
from  the  2Sth  District,  and  heartily  sympathise   with  his  sorrow- 
ing family  over  their  sad  bereavement. 

Resolved,  That  in  (he  death  of  the  Honorable  Jefferson  Adams, 
this  body  is  deeply  impressed  with  the  loss  of  his  valuable  coun-JlT^uolb* 
sels  as  a  legislator,    and  his  companionship    as  an  honorable  and  "!*!£?,,  &, 
courteous  christian  gentleman.  .  ,um- 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  resolutions  be  signed 
by  the  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  and  be  transmitted 
to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

Adopted  November  S,  1S64. 

(No.  II.) 

Resolutions  in  relation  to  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Simpson  Reid,tafc  Senator 

from  the  407 /»  district. 

Whereas.  Tt  has  been  announced  that  the  Hon.  Simpson  Keid 
departed  this  life  on  the day  of  May  1864  ; 

Rooked  by  the  Senate,  That  it  is  with  heartfelt  sorrow,  we  haveKJISrk 
learned  of  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Simpson  Reid,  Senator  from  the "hoTEE? 
40th  Senatorial  district;  That  we  tender  our  warmest  sympathies 555, %£*£ 
to  the  family  of  the  deceased,  in  their  sad  bereavement.  midi<ri*. 

Be  if.  further  resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  the  Hon.  Simpson 
Reid,  the  Sonate  has  lost  a  most  useful  and  valuable  member  ;  his 
district  a  noble  Representative,  and  the  State  a  good  and  patriotic 
citizen. 

li'SoLrd further,  That  a  copy  of  these  Resolutions  be  sent  to  the 
family  of  the  deceased,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate. 

Adopted  November  S,  IS64. 

(No.  1>1.) 

RetolvUoni  in  relation  to  the  death  of  the  Hon.  John  H.  Johnson,  laic  Sen- 
a  tor  from  (he  36th  Senatorial  district. 

Whereas,  During  the  present  Session  of  this  General  Assembly, 
the  Hon.  John  II.  Johnson,  late  Senator  from  the  86th  Senatorial 
district,  has  been  called  from  time,  to  experience  the  solemn  reali- 
ties of  the  future  state  :  And  whereas,  it  is  due  to  his  memory  that 
this  body  should  give  expression  to  the  sorrow  it  feels  over  this  sad 
^bereavement ;  therefore,  be  it 

deed  by  the  Senate%  That  we  have  heard  with  profound  regret R-oiuu 
th  of  the  Hon.  John  H.Johnson,  late  Senator  from  the  36  th  ■?•£?* 
district,  and  heartily  sympathise  with  his  sorrowing  family  in  their 
sad  bereavement 

R  nlced  Jmrther,  That  in  the  death  of  the  Hon.  John  II.  John- 
son, this  body  is  deeply  impressed    with  the  loss  of  his  valuable 
oounseli  as  i  Legislator,  aid  companionship  as  an  honorable  and 
courteous  gentleman,  and  his  district  a  noble  Representative,  and 
a  good  and  patriotic  citizen. 


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Hi    •• 
•on. 


36  RESOLUTIONS. 


Mail  Raute  from  Elberton  to  Hartwdl. 


Resolved  further,  That  a  copy  of  thete  resolutions  be  transmitted 
"  to  the  family  of  the  deceased,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate. 

Adopted  November  17,  1865. 

(No.  13.) 

1st.  Resitted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  That 

•«aS5Hh-our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress  be,  and  they  are 

^wtieii^re. hereby  requested  to  use  their  influence  to  have  established  a  tri- 

t*mmnd*i  weekly  Mail  route  from  Elberton  by  Webster  place  and  Teaselyin 

Elbert  county,  by  Bio  to  Hartwell,  in  Hart  county. 

Resolved,  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be  requested  to 
«i.'?.n\  to". forward  a  copy  of  this  resolution  to  our  Senators  and  Representa- 
tives in  Congress,  and  urge  upon  them  the  necesiity  of  establish- 
ing said  Mail  route. 

Assented  to  November  17,  1S04. 


A  0  T  S 


OF 


THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 


OF 

THE    STATE    OF    GEORGIA, 

PASSED  IN 

MACON, 

AT  THE 

i\ 
February  and  March, 


IS(W 


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riBIIMirn    ItT    41  TIIORITT. 


MILLEDGEV1LLE  : 

BOtOHTON,  NISBBT,  F.AKNF.*  *  MOOtl,  STATE    PRINTKK* 

1SG5. 


TABLE  OF  TITLES,  DIVISIONS,  AC. 


PART  I. 


PUBLIC  LAWS 

Title  I.— APPROPRIATIONS. 

"  II.— BANKS  AND  BANKING. 

«■  III.— CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICTS. 

«  IV.— COUNTY  OFFICERS. 

«  V.— DISTILLATION. 

'•  VL— EDUCATION. 

"  VII.— ELECTIONS. 

»'  VIII.— EXECUTORS,  ADMR'S,  &C. 

"  IX— INSURANCE  COMPANIES. 

"  X.— JUDICIARY. 

"  XI.— MILITARY. 

"  XII.— PENAL  CODE. 

"  XIII.— RELIEF.  .« 

u  XIV.— SOLDIERS  AND  SOLDIERS  FAMILIES. 

"  XV.— TAXES. 


I 


STATUTES  OF  GEORGIA, 

PASSED  P»Y    Till: 
E13EZTH^L  8EISSION 

OK   TI11C        , 

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  1865. 

P1RT  I. — PIBLIC  LAWS, 
TITLE  I, 


APPROPRIATIONS, 


I    l'/i  v  ni  President  nrii  SperfkBr  for  extra  Sec 
S   --inn.    tylileage     PaynfMembers ' 
lor  extnt- Session.  Mileage;  lYoviso. 

&.  Pay  of  Secretarj  of  Senate,  U)erk  ol 
ll'inx-  Pfovjso.  Contingent  >\ 
penses  of  Secretary  oi  Senate.  Ctfn- 
tingenl  expanses  of  Clerk  of  House. 

3  Pay  ol  Messt'ng'er*  and  Doorkeepers. 
Mileage.  For  negro  birfi.  Clerks 
<'»f  standing  conimitt  ea.  Proviso. 
Page  of  Ho 

■!.  Ailaiiiciia]  Salary  to  Snp'.l  "f  State  Ln- 
Datia- Asylum.    Additional  loi   sup| 
■  i  pauper  patients. 

.'i.  Additional  for  Institute  for  the1  Blind. 

6.  To  pay  Sec'y  "I  State  foi  fuel,  Station- 
ary   '  -      -mil. 

7    M  ilitai  y  i  nod  (increased! 

8,  Salary  ol  Book -Ke«per and  S:i!<-«maij 
<ii  Penitentiary.  M>ml  Tauuei  ol 
Miinr. 


s   1 

Mi 

Sec. 

11 

Sec. 

1.' 

Sac 

ia 

Bl  c 

14 

15. 

Sec, 

lf>. 

s,.p 

i; 

Set 

!* 

To  Ji  --  e  I  Mid  for  travelling  expenm  - 
Committee  on  Penitentiary.    Ulerk  ol 

committee. 
.  To  pay  balance  due  Quar.  Mat 

department   for  puroliaae    of  spun 

yarns. 
.  To  pay  Secretaries  Ex.  Dipt  for  i  i- 

penaps  of  extra  Session. 
To  |>sy  expenses  of  Adj.   Beu'l;hia 

Assistant,    and    Ulerk,  .11   Macon 

Chaplain  of  Beuate, 
Expenses  ot  Treasui  er,  S»  >  "y  of  State, 

ami  Coaip.  G<  n'l  r* i  extra  8»  ssion 
Foregoing  sppropriationa  to  tic  pc.nl  in 

Confederate  notes. 
To  li.  B.  Knight,  as  Cledl  6T  Military 

con  iiiitic-.  1863. 
For  littiup  up  Halls  for  r-xtra  v 
[tepaire  ol  Stale  House  and  Ei    M 

bioll  . 


(No.   19.) 

An  A<t  tupplcmcntal  to  an  act  amntcd  to  November  1SG4,  to  vnmdt  far 
raiting  a  rmenue/ot  tk*  political  year  liGo,  audi*  appropriate  mon- 
ey for  th<  tnpport  of  il<<  Chvernment  during  mid  year,  and  to  mala 
•  ■  iiam  tpeciul  uj/pruprialions,  and  fur  other  vmp 

!.  Skctkin   I.   TJu    General  Ajmemblu  of  Ok  Stall   oj  Georg 

enact,  That  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  per  day,  be  paid  to  eacli.  the 


42  PUBLIC  LAWS.— Appropriations. 


Officers  and   Members  of  the  General  Assembly. 


p»*  of  Pre»-  President  of  the  Senate  and  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
s£Sce?lr  tives,  during  the  present  extraordinary  session  of  the  General  As- 
'xUas<6iijn  sembly  ;  and  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  every  twenty  miles  of trav- 
MUe  "*.      e^»  SoinS  *0  an(*  returning  from  the  city  of  Macon,  the  distance  to 
be  computed  by  the  nearest  loute  usually  travelled  ;  and  that  the 
r»y  of  mom.sum  of  thirty  dollars  each,  per  day,  be  paid  to  the  Members  of  the 
£^,rextra  General   Assembly,  during  this  session,  and  five  dollars  for  every 
Muenge.      twenty  miles  of  travel,  going  to  and  returning  from  the  city  of 
Macon,  under  the  same  rules  which  apply  to  the  President  of , the 
Senate  and  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  ;  Provided, 
That  no  member  of  the  General  Assembly  shall  receive  pay  for  the 
mnu>.       time' he  may  be  absent,  unless  his  absence  was  caused  by  the  sick- 
ness of  himself  or  family,  or  he  bad  leave  of  absence  granted  by  the 
Senate  or  House  of  Representatives,  for  satisfactory  reason,  or  after 
a  member  shall  have  obtained  leave  of  absence  for  the  remainder 
of  the  session. 

Payofsiscn*     2.  Sec.  II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  th« 
"^ °fS-"at<' Senate  be  paid  four  hundred  and  thirty-seven   50- LOO  dollars  per 
iiwof      day,  for  the  present  session  ;  and  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives be  paid  five  hundred  dollars  per  day,  for  the  present  ses- 
sion ;  out  of  which  sums  they  shall  pay  all  their  assistants  and  sub 
rroTiao.       Clerks;  Provided,  That  no  warrant  shall  be  issued  in  favor  of  ei- 
ther, until  His  Excellency  the  Governor  shall  have  satisfactory  ev- 
idence, that  they  have  carefully  marked  and  filed  away  all  reports 
of  standing  committees,  and  all  other  papers  of  importance  connec- 
ted with  either  House;  and  the  sum  of  three  hundred   dollars,  or 
contingent    so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated  to 
secretary  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  to  defray  the  contingent  expenses  of 
his  office  during  the  present  extraordinary  session  of  the  General 
expem^r'uf   Assembly  ;  and  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars  is  hereby  appro- 
uoLw.0       priated  to  the  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  to  defray  the 
contingent  expenses  of  his  office,  during  the  present  extraordinary 
,     session  of  the  General  Assembly.    . 
Pay  of  mps-      3.  Sec.  III.  And  be  it  fart  tier  %enacted,  That  the  sum  of  thirty 
DoTkeePersd dollars  each,  per  day,  is  hereby  appropriated  to  pay  the  Messen- 
ger and  Door-Keeper  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
uiieaft       at  the  present  session,  and  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  every  twenty 
miles  of  travel,  in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  city  of  Macon, 
the  distance  to  be  computed  by  the  nearest  route  usually  travelled, 
and  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  p<5r  day,  be  paid  the  Messengers  and 
Doorkeepers  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  to  pay 
kot ^  negro    ^e  liegro  hire  of  their  respective  houses  ;  and  the  sum  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  per  diem,  each,  be  appropriated  to  pay  the  clerks  of  the 
aerks  of     Finance  and  Judiciary,  and  Military  committees  of  the  Senate  du- 
tLmmuU*  ring  the  present  Session  ;  Provided,  That  they  be  paid  for  the  days 
Proviso       actually  employed,  which  days  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  Chair- 
man of  the  respective  committees  ;  And  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars 
BXe.        -per  diem  be  paid  to  the  page  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  Iver- 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Appropriations.  43 


Lunatic  Anylu m — Institution  for  the  Blind — Military  Fund— Book   Keeper  of  tlie  Penitentiary. 


i..  i 

station 
at 

sxtra  ff«ii"" 


soa  L.  Hunter,  as  his  compensation  for  liis  services  during  the 
present  session  of  the  General  Assembly. 

4.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  in  additional  Additional 
to  the  salary  now  fixed  by  law,  to  pay  the  Superintendent  and  res- " "sur"  &«• 
ident  Physician  of  the  Lunatic  Asylum  for  the  year  1865  ;  and  that""' 
the  sum  often  thousand  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appro- 
priated, in  addition  to  the  sum  now  allowed  by  law,  to  pay  fchen»ra»sdp»s 
Trustees,  Treasurer,  sub-officers,  Attendants  and   servants  hire,  oi'^^j^' 
the  Lunatic  Asylum,  for  the  year  1S6-5  ;  and  that  the  sum  of  fifty  ** 
thousand  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  sum  heretofore  appropriated,  is  AddiHonaifor 

.  ,  Lit,'  eappnrt    ot 

hereby  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  pauper  patients  in  the  p«"»r*  pa- 
Lunatic  Asylum,,  for  the  year  1S65.  • 

5.  Sec.  V.  And  br  it  jurt her  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  six  thou-  Addition*] 
sand  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  sums  already  appropriated,  is  here- for  the  Blind, 
by  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
for  the  year  1S65. 

6.  Sec.   VI.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  four  thou-  T)piy  s%.,.v 
sand  eight  hundred  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  neeetsa- fi[J™$J 
ry,  is  hereby  appropriated  to  pay  tor  stationery,  fuel,  and  lights  £ 
furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  during  the  present  extraordi- 
nary session  of  the  General  Assembly. 

7.  Sec.  VII.  And  be  it  ft  rt  Iter  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  three 
millions  dollars*",  or  so  much  thereof'  as  may  be  necessary,  be  ap-»c*M*d.  " 
propriated  as  a  Military  Fund  for  the  year  1865,  which  shall   be 
applied  solely  to  the  payment  Cov  subsistence,  clothing  and  trans- 
portation, and  Medical  supplies,  for  Soldiers  in  the  field. 

-v  Sec.  VIII.  And- he  if)  icted,  That  the  sum  of  twenty- 

five  hundred  dollars,  be,  and   is   hereby  appropriated,  to  pay  they'd  s«icT' 
salary  of  the  Book-keeper  and   Salesman  of  the  Penitentiary,  for  SSLiy. 
the  year  1865  ;  arid  the  sum  of  two  thousand  live  hundred,  dollars  nwi  umvr 
to  pay  the   salary  of  the  head  tanner  of  the  Penitentiary  for  the" 
year  1SG5. 

9.  i>\:c.  IX.  Be  it  farther*  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  twenty-seven  r    ] )u 

dollars  be  appropriated  to   pay   .lessee  Oslin,  Messenger  of  the 
House'of' Representatives,- for  his  expenses  on  a  trip   to  Milledge- 

ville  from  this  place  add  back  again,  to  get  Laws  and  Journals  for 
the  use  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 

10.  SeC.  X.  'And' be  u  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred dollars  is  hereby  appropriated  to  pay  C.  W.  Mabry,  James 

Polk,  T.  KirUy,  D.  If.  Walker,  and  J.  M.  Smith,  committee  ap-^SUSU 
pointed  to  visit  Milledgeville  to  make  a  report  upon  tha  condition 
of  the  State  Penitentiary ;  also,  the  further  sum  of  eighty  doll  Co™' 

for  the  pay  of  the  Clerk  of  said  committee. 

1  1.  Si  p.  XL   And  (h  it  further  enacted,' Thai  the  sum  of  tweot] 
one  thousand,  nine  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars,  be,  and  the  same;   • 
i.n  henby  appropriated,  the  balance  doe  the  Quarterma  '  ".'.'j'' 

al'8  Department  for  spun  yarns, purchased  and  distributed  to  the;, './;,"£* 
families  of  soldiers,  under  a  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly, 


\ 


4*  PUBLIC  LAWS.— Appropkutions. 


.St.tte  Honee  Offipfrs. — Repairs  on  State   House  and  Executive  Mauui^u. 


directing  such  purchase  and  distribution,  For  which' no  appropria- 
tion has  been  made. 
_     .    «         12.  Sec.  XII.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  seven 
£2**^  ^ -hundred  dollars,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  each, 
p.iife.«.f  f.x-  the  Secretaries,  (two  in  number,)  and  the  Recording  Clerk  of  the 
Executive  'Department,  to  pay  their  expenses,  incurred  by  being 
required  to  come  to  Macon,  during  the  present  session  cf  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly, 
■r.  «),rr,y,x.      18.  Sec.  XIII.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the   sum  offivehun- 
'■MnV  o^a^red  dollars  be  allowed  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General;  five 
■£«  £&[?££ hundred  dollars  to  the  Assistant  Adjutant  General,  and  five  hun- 
mm"'1      dred  dollars  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Adjutant  General,  to  defray  their 
expenses  during  the  present  session  of  the  General  Assembly  ;  and 
the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  be  appropriated  to  pay  the  R«y. 
tautte.     "Dr.   Wills,  Chaplain  of  the  Senate,  which  shall  be  paid  by  the 
Treasurer,  when  an  account  shall  be  audited  by  one  of  the  auditing 
committee  of  the  Senate. 
emm  0f     ^  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  seven  bun- 
*ecm»ry'  v<  ^ve(^  dollars  each,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  ap- 
c0«VDoen!  Proppiate(l  to  pay  the  expenses  of  of  the  Treasurer,  Secretary  of 
"0"tra '™' State  and  Comptroller*  General,  while  detained  in  the  city  of  Ma- 
con, in  attendance  on  the  General  Assembly. 
■[•ngrfacap-      $&•  SEC«  XV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  several  sums   ap- 
to'o^STin ptopriated  in  the  preceding  sections  of  this  bill,  be  paid  in  Confed- 
c»nffd.r«te  erate  Treasury  Notes,  except  mileage  due.  to  members  of  the  Gen- 
MiiNg*  ^i.eral  Assembly,  which  shall  be  paid  in  eight   per   cent   Georgia 
Treasury  Notes,  unless  otherwise  therein  provided. 
j  10.  .Sec.  XVI.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum    of  fifty 

c'laht '».     dollars,    in    Georgia  Treasury  Notes,  be  appropriated  to  R.   B. 
itwy  commit  Knight,  for  services  rendered  as  Clerk  of  the  Conference  commit- 
tee, on  the  bill  to  re-organize  the  Militia  of  the  State  of  Georgia, 
passed    14th   Dec'r  J8G4,  Which  sum  was  appropriated  but  not 
drawn,  and  thereby  reverted  back  to  the  Treasury". 

17.  Sec.  XVII.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  Tiiat  the  sum  of  two 
rii'.  '.'"Vx-  thousand  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  appro- 
priated to  defray  expenses  incurred  in  repairing  and  fitting  up  the 
Halls  used>  at  the  present  session,  and  the  Governor  is  authorized 
to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasury,  to  pay  for  said  expenses. 

IS.  Sec.  XVIII.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  sum  of  elev- 
en thousand  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be, 
Kerair.  .f   and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  par  for  repairs  on  State 

State    Home  T1  it-,  .         J       Ii.1  ,  l      J  .  ,l  ■. 

«nd  Ex.  Mm- House  and  Lxecutive  Mansion,  made  necessary  by  depredations  on 
the  same  by  the  public  enemy,  and  the  Governor  is  authorized  to 
draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasury  for  said  sum,  or  so  much  thereof 
as  may  be  necessary,  to  pay  for  said  repairs. 

Assented  to  March  11th,  I860. 


PUBLIC    LAWS— Banks  and  Banking.  45 


Stay  Law  re-ettadtod— Tirna  for  redemptioi  of  State  Treasury  &otes  extended. 

TITLE  II. 


BANKS  AND  BANKLWI. 

**c       1.  Relief  to   Hank*  extended,  and  MayiSec.  8.  two   Directors   may    transact   bur- 
law re-enaatrd.  09m 
•'        5.  Exceptions  made                                      •<  9.  Two  of  the    Pirectnra   holding  ov.-r 

3,  Ot  forcd  at-onoe.  may  order  an .  election  for  new  Di 

4.  Time  Attended   for    redemption  ot  rector*,    New  Directoraraay  ohose* 

Mate  Treasury  N«>w*.  President 

-       |-.Paith  ol  the  State  pledged,                 \  ■■  L#,  6m.  R,  R.  "and  Hanking  Co.  anther- 

b.  1  reaeury  certificates  aut&onaed  tor  i/(,l  to  „8.  ilH  oorporata  name  in  all 

certain  Treasury  Notes,  suits  and  proceedings  neoessary.t 


Sanction  given  to  the  removal  of  tin- 
«>r1ice  of  Central  R,  R.  and  Hunk 
ni>:  Co.  trom  Savannah  to  Macon 
Shall  remain  in  Maoon  fbrthepres 
anL 


>se  its  business,  in  the  meantime 
may  loan  on  certain  oondhiona.  In 
Being  notee  prohibited. 

11.  Relief  to  Hanks  extended.     Slay  law 

re  enact  ad. 

12.  or  force  at  once. 


(No.  -JO.) 

Aii  Act  tj$  continue  in  force  the  fourth  section  of  an  Act  muted  over  the 
Governors  veto,  on  the  '30th  day  of  November,  1S60,  entitled  an  An. 
to  provide  against  the  forfeiture  of  the  several  bank  charters  of this 
State,  on  account  of-  non-specie  "payment  for.  a  given  time,  and  for 
other  purposes,  passed  in  the  year  1S57,  and  to  suspend  the  pains  and 
penalties  impose,!  upon  the  several  banks  and  their  officers  im  this  Smite 
tor  non-payment  of  sped,,  and  for  other purposes j .and  also  an  act  to 
add  a  proviso  Jo  the  fourth  section  of  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  for  (he 
relief  oj"  the  people  and  banks  of  this  State,  and  Jpr  other  purpose** 
passed  on  the  -iOth  oj  November,  I860,  ami  to  add  an  additional  to  - 
lion  to  said  Ait,  assented  to  December  20th,  18G0. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  fe,  That  the  above  recited  Act,  and 
the  above  recited  parts  of  au  Act,  be,  and  the  Mime  are  hereby  re-  Ba«kV»<SWs 
enacted;  and  shall  remain  in  force  during  the  continuance  of  the  ^•-"•■'"  *•' 
present  war.  "*■ 

ff.  Sec.  II.   11  it  father  enacted,  That  the  provisions  of  this  Act 
shall  not  apply  to  defendants  who  are  nqt  in  the  army  of  the  Con-';":' 
federate  States,  when  plaintiff's  arc   willing   to  take  Confederate 
money. 

8.  Sec.  III.   fir- if  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  go  into  a  u*+  . 
effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Sf.c.  IV.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  9tn  March,  1805. 

(No.  81.) 

,4n  An  ta  fiti  ml  the  time  fox  the  redemption  of  the  State  Trtamry  Notes 
issued  under  an   Act   pem&d  Dec*  \2th,  IStuJ,   and  amended  March 

\lih,  1^64,  and  for  other  purposes. 

A.  Section  I.  T%    Gvnerml  AmmMjf  of  the  Slate  of  Georgia  do 


46  PUBLIC    LAWS.— Banks  and  Banking. 


Treasury  Certificates — Central    Kaihoau  anl  Banking  Company. 


Kme«xte*a-««wtf>  That  the  time  for   the   redemption  of  the  State  Treasury 
?&nerofeit«S Notes  issued    under  an   Act  passed   December    I2th,   1863,  and 
ZSST"'      amended  March  17th,  1864,  shall  be  extended  to  the  25th  day  of 
March,  18G6. 

5.  Sec.  II.  And  be  it  farther  enacted,  That  the  good  faith  of  the 
sutepWgla State  is  pledged  for  the  redemption  of  said  Treasury  Notes,  upon 

the  terms  mentioned  in  said  Notes  and  the  provisions  of  this  amend- 
ed Act. 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Approved  March  9th,  1S65. 

(No.  22.) 

An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  of the  fourteenth  of December,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  till  if -three,  authorizing  the  Treasurer  to  issue  Certificates 
of  Deposits  fur  certain  Treasury  Notes. 

6.  Section  I.    The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact,  That  the 
injury      above  recited  Act  be  so   amended,  as  to  authorize  the  Treasurer 
Huu.oriz.d    to  give    Treasury  Certificates  in  like  manner,  for  the.  Treasury 
Treasury  ""  Kotes  authorized  to  be  issued  by  Act  of  November,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-four,  for  the  payment  of  the  officers  and  Members 
of  the  General  Assembly,  and  the  other  civil  officers  of  the  State. 

Sec.  II.  All  conflicting  laws  are  hereby  repealed. 
Assented  to  7th  March,  1865.        ,    . 

(No.  23.) 

An  Act  to  alter  and  amend  the  Charter  of  the  Central  Railroad  and 
Banking  Company  of  Georgia,  to  provide  for  the  election  oj  Direc- 
reclors  of  said  Company,  and  a  President  thereof  for  the  present 
year,  to  change  and  establish  the  principal  office  of  said  Company, 
to  fix  the  number  of  Directors  necessary  for  a  quorum  to  transact 
business,  and  for  other  purposes  relating  to  said  Company. 

Whereas,  by  reason   of  the   proximity    of  the   enemy  to  the 

city  of  Savannah,  and  their  occupation  of  said  city  in  the  month 

«^tl^'iv- of  "December  last,  it  was  not  possible  to  hold  an  election  for  Di- 

u£val  ,of„the  rectors  of  tiie  said  Company,  on  the  first  Monday  in  January  last, 

office  »t  Gen-  *  "-  ~  l         J  '  J  1      1 

ttai  gaii;vadvvherebv  the  persons  chosen  as  Directors  and  President,  and  elec- 

&        Banking  J  L  m  tiil-f  1  "1 

v^wiX Ma ^d  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,    now,  under  said 
coa  charter  hold  over  :  And,  whereas,  a  majority  of  said  Directors  are 

still  absent  at  Savannah  :  And,  whereas,  the  books  and   effects    of 
said  Company  have  been  removed  to  Macon  for  safety  :• 

7.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  §t.,  That  the  removal  of  the  as- 
sets, books  and  effects  of  said  Company,  from  Savannah  to  Macon, 

sbaii  rcmam is  hereby  sanctioned  and  made  lawful ;  and  that  the  principal  of- 
theMapr?stot'fice  of  said  Company  shall  hereafter,  and  as  long  as  Savannah   is 
occupied  by  the  enemy,  be  at  the  aforesaid  city  of  Macon. 

8.  Sec.  II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  hereafter,  and  so 
Ion0,  as  the  enemy  shall  occupy  Savannah,  any  two  Directors  of 
said  Company,  so  now  holding  over  as  aforesaid,  or  who  may  be 


Two"    Direc- 
tors may 
transact  busi- 
ness. 


PUBLIC  LAWS. — Banks  and  Banking.  %        47 

Georgia  Railroad  and  Banking    Company. —  R*H.-f  to   Ranks  extended. 


hereafter  elected,  may  constitute  a  quorum  to  transact  business  of 
the  said  Company. 

9.  Sec.  III.  And   be  it  further  enacted,   That    it  shall  be  lawful  avo  or  ti.« 
for  any  two  of  the  Directors  of  said  Company,  now  holding  over  ^S?m, 
as  aforesaid,  to  order  an  election  of  Directors  for  the  present  year^Sfo?^ 
eighteen  hundred   and  sixty-five,  to.  be  held  at  the  city  of  Macon, u,fectors- 
on  sixty   days  public  notice  in  one  or  more  of  the  public  gazettes 

of  said  city;  and  the  persons  so.elected  shall  hold  office  until   the 

first  Monday  in  January  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-six,  and  until 

their  successors  are  elected  ;  and  the  Directors,    so  elected.,   shall  i^, J T' 

choose  a  President  at  any  meeting  at    which  a  quorum  of  at  least SlT" 

two  Directors  shall  be  present. 

\  JSev.  IV.  Repeals   conflicting  laws. 

Approved  March  2d,  1S66. 

(No.   ii4.) 

An  Act  t<>  authorize   the    Georgia  Railroad  and  Banking  Company 
to  cfote  up  Us  bunking  business. 

10.  Section  I.    The  General  Assembly  of  the   State  of    Georgian 

do  <?wct,  Thai    the    better  to*  enable  the    Georgia  Railroad  and^cSefro 
Banking  Company  to  close  its  banking  business,  .  heretofore    au-^1";;!;"'^' 
thorized    by  the  Legislature  of  Georgia,    the  said  corporation  hf„T%  ™;; 
hereby  empowered  to  use  ttfe   corporate    name   in  all  suits,  legaljj$  ',„ 
proceedings,  and  acts  and  contracts,  when  the  corporate  name  may 
be  necessary  ier  that  purpose;  and  said  Company,  whilst  so  closing 
their  banking    business,    may   loan  at   an  interest    not  exceeding >  the  «•■ 
seven  per  cent.,    and  for   a  period  not  exceeding  six  months,  any  ■dentin 

1  ljr  J  -i  .,1  •t».ii    condition*. 

surplus  money  on  hand  from  deposits  or  other  sources;  Promded,itm 
said  Company  shall  have  no  power  to  issue  notes,  or  do  any  other r'" 
act  exclusively  appertaining  to  the   business  of  bauking. 
SKC  11.  Repeals  contfieting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  9,    1SG5. 

(No.  25.) 

An  Act  to   continue  in  forte  the  4tth  section  of an   Act,  passed  over  the 
Governors  veto,  on  the  ZOth  day  of  November,   I860t  entitled  "An 

to  provide  against  the fotfeilurt  of  tht   several  Bank  chart 
this    Stifle,  on  accourU  of  non-specU  payment,  for  a  given  time,  and 
other  purp  ted  in  the  year  i857,and  u>  suspend  the  pains' 

and  penalties  imposed  upon  the  several  Hanks  and  their  officers  in  this 
State, for  non-payment  of  specie,  and  for  other  purposes  ;  am/  m 
on  to  add  a  proviso  to  the  Uh  section  of  an  Act,  entitled  an  Act  ■ 
relief  of  the  people  and  I  'his  Stat  othtr  pur\ 

ted  on  the  o')///  day  oj  Novembt    .  I  -;.(» ;  and  to  add  an  ado, 
'ion  to  said  Act,  assented  to  Decembi  r  20,  1  - 

3  1.  Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  the  Stat 


bibsfc.'d. 


AS  PUBLIC  LAWS. — Concessional  Districts — County  Officers. 

Echols  County  attached  t>>    1st  Cougreaejonal   I>i-trlct— -Kens  of    County  Officers. 

Re«.f  »•  acli  That  the  before  recited  part  of  an  Act,  and  also  the  before 
""suy1^  incited  Act,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  re-enacted  and  contin- 
tv-cBMtod.    ned  in  force,  for,  an<l  during  the  war  with  the  United  States. 


Of   t»rc« 


12.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  farther  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect, 
and  be  in  force,  from,  and  immediately  after  its  passage. 
Assented  to  March  11th,  1S65. 


TITLE  III. 


CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICTS. 

Section  I.  Echols  Co.  attached  to  1st  Congressional  District. 

(No.  26.) 

An  act  to  change  the    first  and    second    Congressional    Districts,  so    far 
as  relates  to  the  count//  of  Echols. 

1.  Section,  I.  Be  it  enacted  §'c,  That  the  county  of  Echols,  now 


C7  ,  * 

2.  Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  11th,  lS6-r>. 


TITLE  IV. 


COUNTY  OFFICERS. 


fee.  i.  Increase  of  lees   lor  Costs  of  County 
Officer*. 
'    H.  Judgment  ami  fi.  fa.  for  cost  t«  be  for 

Confederate  iiunpy. 
•■    3,  Not  applicable  to  eaKe»  before  passage, 
of  act. 


Sec.  4.  Of  force  at  once. 

'    i>.  County  Treasurers  to  be  elected  by 
the  people.  When,  and  for  how  Ion j. 


(No.  27.) 
i 

An  Act  to  fix  the  fees  of'  Clerics.  SheriJ's,    Ordinaries  and  Jailors,  in  the 

several  counties  in  this  State,  and  for  other  purposes. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  the  rates  of  fees  of  Clerks, 

"{Sheriffs,  Ordinaries    and  Jailors,   in  the  several  counties  in  this 

of««uDtf  c«- g^e^  an(j  cjerks  ancj  Sheriffs  of  City  courts,  shall  be  increased 

one  hundred  per  cent,  upou  the  rates  now  allowed  by  law,  to  be 


UCTWlU 

.'«•!  for  «•■ 


PUBLIC  LAWS. -Distillation.  43 


Certain  persons  rulicvetl  from  penalty  lor  distilling  spirituous  liquor*. 


paid  in  Confederate  money;  Provided  that  the  fees  prescribed  by 
the  act  of  14th  of  December  1S63,  shall  be  construed  not  as  addi- 
tional, but  as  new  fees. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  evaded.  That  when  judgment  is  en- Jud4tm„lt  fc 
tered  for  costs,  said  judgment  shall  recite  that  the  money  shall  be"*tncZ£Si 
i*';d  in  confederate  money  ;  and  the  tifa  shall  conform  to  said  judg-erato  nK""T* 
ment. 

3.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  provisions  of  the  be-  WtoP1^£ 
fore  recited  act,  shall  not  apply  to  casjs  or  costs  which  have  ac- £*"«£•'•- 
crued  before  its  passage. 

J.  Si:c  IV.  Ik  it  farther  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  be  in  force  fo 
from  and  after  its  passage  ;  and  all  laws  and  p'arts  of  laws  con-00**- 
tlicting  with  this  act,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved   March  11th,  18r)-r>. 

■  (No.  2S.) 

An  act  to  require  County  Treasurers  to  be  elected  by  the:  people. 

Section',  I.   Be  it  enacted,  <\v..  That  hereafter,    the    County  o.«nty 
usurers  in  the  several  counties  of  this  State,  shall  be  elected  by  £?£^a'by 
people  for  the  term  of  two   years  ;  the   election  to  be  held  on  the  pwp1'- 
first  Wednesday  in   January  eighteen    hundred'  and  sixty-six  ;forh?W  ^"J 
and  thereafter,  on  the  day  that  other  county  officeis  are  elected. 
'.  Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  Sth,  1S65. 


TITLE  T. 


DISTILLATION. 

illoru  of  liquor  un  [Sec.  2.  Same  relief  on  future  itfiUttmcDTa. 
den  w,  relieved  on  Sec.  2.  Of  force  at  once. 


T.iyili;;  co.-t. 


(No.  29.) 


>  .  1   '  tics   certain  persons  who   have  been  guilty 

''  i!i-  nrituous  liejuors  under  a  misapprelicnslqn  of  law. 

tie  persons  in  this  State,  since  the    adjournment  of 

ion  of  the  General  Assembly,  have   distilled  spirituous 

n  grain  or   other  prohibited    articles,  under  the  belief, 

;  faith,  that  this  General  Assembly  had  passed  a  law  on  the 

ember^  864,  allowing  beads  of  families  to  distil  a 


ied    quantity  of  grain  into  spirituous  liquors  ;  and  when 
ieved  that  said  violation  of  law  was  committed  under  a  mis- 
apprehension as  to  the  passage  of  said  Act :   For  remedv  whereof, 
*    4 


*•* 


PUBLIC   LAWS.— Education. 


Teachers  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  the  Pour  School  Fund. 


1.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  in  all  cases  where  prosecution* 
have  been  commenced  against  any  persons,  since  the  adjournment 

SHj,M*  jftof  the  last  session  of  the  General  Assembly,  for  violating  the  dis- 
»™IerniS"tillation  Acts  of  the  State,  and  the  quantity  distilled  is  not  shown 
£!££*• '« to  be  more  than  five  gallons  for  each  head  of  a  family,  and  ten  gal- 
f»yiB5  ««t  jons  for  eack  additional  ten  of  the  game,  the  indictment  in  all  sufth 
cases,  shall  be  quashed,  upon  proof  being  submitted  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  presiding  Judge,  that  the  person  so  offending  did  not 
intend  to  violate  said  laws,  and  that  he  or  they  were  acting  under 
the  belief  that  such  a  law  had  been  passed. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it.  farther  enacted,  That  in  all  cases  where  indict- 
9rments  may  hereafter  be  found,  the  accused  shall  be  entitled  to  like 

'privileges,  and  the  presiding  Judge  shall  have  like  discretion  as  is 
declared  and  provided  in  the  first  section  of  this  act. 

3.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws  conflicting  with 
atthis  act,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  shall  be 

offeree  from  its  passage. 
Assented  to  March  9th,  1S63. 


.csme  Teli 
•■  fnture  in 
dictments 


©f   force 

".if. 


TITLE  VI. 


EDUCATION. 


Sec.  1.  Same  allowance  to  Tep.cbere  of  poor 
children,  a6  for  others  in  tomt 
branches. 


Sec.  2.  Of  force  at  once. 


(No.  30.) 

An  Act  to  increase  the  fcr  diem  fay  of  Teachers  entitled  to  tlte  benefit 
of  the  Poor  School  Fund  of  this  State. 

1.  Section  I.  Beit  enacted,  That  the  Educational  Boards  of  the 
same  ,u«w.  several  counties  in  this  State,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized, 
STX^to  allow  the  Teachers  of  children  entitled  to  the   benefit   of  the- 
'"rtSSri  fn Poor  School  Fund, the  same  per  diem  pay  for  teaching  said   chil- 
^mebrwch.^j.^  as  js  charged 'by  them  for  teaching  other  children  pursuing 

similar  branches  of  study  :  Provided,  said  charge  shall  not  exceed 
seventy-five  cents  per  day. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  this  act  shall,  take  effect 
"'from  and  immediately  after  its  passage ;  and  that  all   laws  and 

parts  of  laws  militating  against  this   act,  be   aqd  the  same  are*; 
hereby  repealed. 

Assented  to  March  3d,  1865. 


Of  force 


PUBLIC   LAWS— Election?.  51 


Rotetnts  of  Election,  in  the  I  rmy— Elections  fm-  Bounties- which  have ,liee«  overrun  by  the  enemy     i 

TITLE  VJf. 

ELECTIONS, 

Se«.  i.  Time  extended  to  receive  electiou  re-  See.  2.  Refugees  from  Counties  overrun  may 
tunn  from  the  Army-  hold  elefitiontf  for  theirtCounty  ou 

'  conditions. 

(No.  31.)' 
An.  Act  to  extend  the  time  for  returns  of  elections  in  the  Army. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it.  enacted,  <fc.,  That  the  law  requiring  elec-TimeiiM*. 
tiou  returns  from  the  Army,  to  be  made  in  fifteen  days,  be  ;uiiend-ei««onTre- 
edso  as  to  extend  the  time  twenty  days  after  said  election.  iKm^0*1 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  Sth,  1865. 

{No.  32.) 

An  Act  to  provide  for  holding  Elections  for  con  mi  a  which  han't  been  over- 
run by  the  enemy. 

Whereas,  There  are  several  counties  in  this  State,  which  have 
been  overrun  by  the  enemy,  and  the  voters  are  unable. to  assemble 
at  the  election  precincts  of  such  counties  to  hold  their  elections; 
for  remedy  whereof: 

2.  Section  I.  Be  it  evicted,  4*.,"  That  from  and  after  the  pas- 
sage of  this  act,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  six  or  more  ^ood  and 

loyal  citizens  of  any  county  so  overrun,  to  assemble  on  the  days. &i!%7em 
prescribed  by  law.  previous  notice   being  first  given  for   at   least :3!iti3rtK 
twenty  days,  and  hold  elections  for  their  county,  under  the  rules oa^KS 
now  prescribed  by  law,  in  any  county  in  the  State  ;  and  such  elec- 
tion shall  be  as  valid  a>  if  the  same  were  held  in  the  counties  o{ 
their   residence  ;  Provided,  That   the  managers  of  said  elections 
comply  with  existing  laws  as  to  returns  of elections ;  And  provided 
further,  That  any  voter  at  such   election,  may  be   required    upon 
the  challenge  of  any  other  person,  to  take  an  oath  that  he  has  not 
renounced,  hnd  still  claims  his  citizenship  in  the  county  for  which 
the  election  is  being  held.  . 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  1  lth,  1S6-3. 


52 


5.— Executors,  Administrators, 


Executors,  Administrators,  Guardians  and  Trustees  authorized  to  sell  Confederate  Bond*. 

TITLE  VUI. 


EXECUTORS,  ADMINISTRATORS,  &C. 


Sec  1.  Exr's..  Adtn'rs..  &c.  authorized  to  selllSec, 
Confederate  bonds  in  certain  cases 
to  pay  taxes. 

"  2.  Proceedings  to  obtain  leave  to  sell. 
Sale  may  be  private. 

•■     3.  Returns  of  sale  to  be  made. 

'■     4.  May  also  be  sold  for  distribution. 

•'  0.  Exr's.,  Adm'rs.,  and  Guardians,  au- 
thorized to  make  annual  returns  ii 
any  county  to  which  they  have  lied 
from  the  enemy.  Transcript  to  be 
recorded,  where  letters  were  taken 
out. 


G.  Administrations  in  wrong  counties  le- 
galized in  ceitain  cases. 

/.  Exr's.-,  Adm'rs.,  &c,  authorized  te 
pay  debts  existing  befoie  the  war  in 
estate  property  on  valuation  oilSCt). 

8.  Appraisers  to   make  valuation.    l'r» 

viso. 

9.  Returns  to  be  made. 

10.  Of  force  at  once. 


(No.  33.) 


An  act  to  authorize  Executors,  Administrators.  Guardians- and  Trustees 
to  sell  Confederate  Bonds,  under  certain  circumstances. 

Section,  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  whenever   any  Administrator, 
■M'sAdmr* Executor,  Guardian  or  Trustee  in  this  State,  has  not  the  money  or 
*m  t*u.i?r'the  means  of  raising  funds  to  pay  the  taxes  of  the  estate  which  he 
fc1ndfieurB£r-  represents,  without  selling   property  or   collecting   solvent  debts 
p«4*u«r  "contracted  before  the  war„and  is  in  possession  of  Confederate  Bond* 
belonging  to  said  estate,  it  may  be  lawful  for  him  to  sell  a  suffi- 
cient amount  of  said  bonds  to   pay  said  tax,  upon  his  complyieg 
with  the  provisions  ef  the  succeeding  sections  of  this  Act. 

2.  Sec  II.  Be'  it  further  enacted,  That  any  Executor,  Admiia- 
Proceedtn .  istrator,  Guardian  or  Trustee,  wishing  to  sell  Confederate  Bonds 
u^wVu  f°r  *ne  PurP08e  specified,  shall  make  application  to  the  Ordinary, 

by  petition  in  writing,  for  leave  to  do  so  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 

of  the  Ordinary  to  grant  such  leave  upon  proof  being  made  that' 

Hitch  sale  is  necessary  according  to  the  spirit  and  intent  of  this  act, 

saic  m«y  !,.•  and  for  the  best   interest   of  the  estate;   and  such   sale  may    be 

rriTal"        made  privately,  and  without  previous  advertisement. 

3.  Sec  III.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  any  x\dmin- 
istrator,  Guardian,  Executor  or  Trustee  shall  sell  any  Confede- 
rate Bonds  under  the  provisions'of  this  act, he  shall  in  his  next  an- 
nual return,  state  the  time  of  such  sale,  the  price  received  and 
the  name  of  the  purchaser. 

4.  Sec.  IV.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  provisions  of  this 
MaVniee  be'act  shall.be  extended  to  Administrators  and  Executors,  whet)  nec- 
tTibtttion.  '6  cssary  to  sell  said  bonds  for  distribution. 

Sec  V.«Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  9th,  1805. 


Returns   of 

^ak  to  Vif 


PUBLIC    LAWS. — Executors,  Administrators,  Ac.  68 

AtiitiittJ  it-turn*  of  Executor*),  Administrators,  &.(•.,  when  their  oituutiu  me  overran  by  the  f-ni'iuy. 

(No.  34.) 

An  Act  to  authorize  Executors^  Administrators  and  Guardians,  in  those 
Counties  overran  by  the  public  enemy,  to  make  their  annual  returns   in 
any  county  in  this  State,  to  which  they  may  remote  ;  and  for  other  pur- 
.  poses. 

5.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  fyc.,  That  whenever  any  county  in 

this  State  is  overrun  by  the  public  enemy,  so  that  Kxecutors,  Ad-     .  .,  • 

•     •  /-t  i  •  it-  RxrtAdnu** 

nunistrators  and  Guardians,  cannot  make  their  annual  returns,  as»»d  o«»rd.i- 
now    required   by  law,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  such  Executors,  Ad-'*1  *•  ™*» 

i  /-%         '  ,.  i  •  i  i  ««nual    re- 

ministrators  and  Guardians,  to  make  said  returns  in  the  countv  toturn« iB  «t 
which  they  may  remove.     And  the    Ordinary  of  such    county  i9£hi(!llfl  dtheJ 
hereby  authorized  to   pass   all   orders  that  may  be  necessary  to  af">™  ^«  «• 
full  and  complete  administration  of  such  estates;  Provided,  That 
•aid    Executors,  Administrators  and   Guardians,  shall   be  requir- 
ed to  have  a  transcript  of  the  returns  thus  made,  recorded  in  theTr«iMriPtu 
county    where   Administration  or  Guardianship  was  taken   but, wherThJfel 
whenever  said   courts  may  be   re-opened  ;  failing  thus  to  record  aweri ,ak,a 
transcript  of  said  returns,  in  the  courts    where  Administration  or 
Guardianship  was  taken   out,  said  returns  shall  not  be  received  as 
evidence  in  favor  of  the  Executors,  Administrators,  or  Guardians. 

Sec.  II.  All  conflicting  laws  are  hereby  repealed. 

Assented  to  March  4th,  1865. 

(So.  30.) 

An    Act   to  legalize  Administrations  made  under  letters   granted  from 
wrong  counties,  in  certain  cases. 

6.  Section  I.    The  General  Assembly  of  tlte, State  of  Georgia  d<>  en- 
That  in  all  cases  where  letters  of  Administration  have  hereto- 
fore been  granted  from   a  county,  which,  at  the  time  of  granting  Admiiut™. 
them,  did  not  embrace  the  place  where  the  deceased  resided  at  tljero"ntl«.  »•- 

r   i   •        i  ii  i   •     i       i-  i   c  i  •  i  tnl\u*Atu 

time  of  his  death,  but  which  did  lormerly  embrace  it,  and  was,  at °«rUln e*,«* 
the  time  of  granting  such  letters,  generally  believed  to  embrace 
it  still,  the  Administration  made  under  such  letters  up  to  the 
(passage  of  this  Act,  shall  be  as  valid  in  all  respects  as  it  would  be 
if  it  had  been  made  under  letters  granted  from  the  proper  county. 
Assented  to  March  4th,  L865. 

(No.  3G.) 

An  act    to  authoiizc  Executors,  Administrators  and   Trustees,   to  jwiy 
debts  against  the  estates  they  Represent,  contracted  and  owing  before  the 
mmencement  of  [he  waf  between  the   Confederate  Stales  and  the  I  Til- 
led Si  ales,  out  of  property  b<  lotging  to  the  estate,  on  a  basis  of  valua- 
tion ef  the  same  as  in  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty,  and  for  other  purposes. 

1.  SECTION  I.   Be    it  trtactti,  That    Executors,    Administrators 
and  Trustees   arc  authorized    and  empowered  to  pay  any   debt 


54  PUBLIC  LAWS.— Executors,  Administrators,    &g. 


Executor*,  Admin^i:(it<<-s  Vc,  ftutUorized  to  pfty  debts  contracted  before  Ibe  war. 


Kxr-eAdniis against  the  estate  they  represent,  contracted  before  thecommence- 
z*i  "o1 ;  payment  of  the  present  war  between  the  Confederate  States  and  the 
ia? bXre ih«  United  States,  with  property  belonging  to  said  estates,  on  a  basis 
praope* y6  m* of  valuation  of  the  same  as  in  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  ;  Proti- 
vah.at.on  oi  ^^  rp^  crec]  itoi'.S"  of  estates  shall  fcgreeto  receive  property  in  pay- 
ment of  their  debts  at  such  a  valuation. 

8.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  farther  enacted,  That  when  the  creditors  of  any 
estate  shall  agree  to  receive  property  in  payment  of  their  debts 
held  by  them  against  such  estates,  contracted  before  the  present 
war,  at  a  valuation  as  prescribed  in  the  first  section  of  this  Act, 
and  the  Executor,  Administrator  or  Trustee,  shall  believe  it  to  be 
to  the  interest  of  the  estate   they  represeut,  to  pay  the  same  in 

,  such  a  manner,  the  property  shall  be  valued  by  three  disinterested 

Appraisers  to  i        1  J  ,  <s  •     ■    , 

make  ,»»ia»- persons  under  oath  :  one  chosen  by  tneiL-xecutor,  Anmmistrator  or 
Trustee,  another  by  the  creditor,  and  the  third  by  the  two  thus' 
chosen,  who  shall  determine  the  value  and  price  put  upon  the 
property  ;  Provided,  That  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  inter- 
fere with  the  priority  of  debts   or  liens  ;  Provided  further,  That 

Pmi.ws-  wjien  £jie  Administrator,  Executor  or  Trustee  is  a  creditor,  the 
Ordinary  shall  represent  the  estate  in  the  payment  of  debts  due 
him  or  them. 

9.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  Executor,  Administrator  and  Trustee  who  shall  dispose  of 
property  belonging  to  the  estate  tney  represent,  in  payment  of 
debts  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  preceding  sections  of  this 

Returns  to    act,  to  make  a  return  of  the  same,  together  with  the  appraisement 
be  made.      m  their  annual  returns;  which  shall  be  a  discharge  from  their  liabil- 
ity f&r  said  property-,  where  there  has  been  no  fraud  or  collusion 
in  the  disposition  of  the  same. 

10.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further   enacted,' /That  all  laws  and  paits  of 
ouce.         laWs  militating  against  the  provisions  of  this  act,  be  repealed,  and 

that  it  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Assented  to  March  9th,  ISGo. 


PUBLIC  LAWS. — Insurance  Companies.  N 


Southern  Insurance  and  Trust  Company. 


TITLE   IX. 


INSURANCE     COMPANIES. 

Sec.  1.  "'Southern  Insurance  and  TYn-t  Com-  Sko.  5.  "Home  Insurance  Company"  of  Sa- 

pany"'  re-orgauiaed  at  &I&COQ  vann&h  re-organized  at  Macon. " 

"    2.  Five  Directors  shall  make    quorum,    i  "    G.  No   loyal  stockholder  to  be  disfran- 

1    3.  No  loyal  stockholder  to  be  disfram  chished, 

ed,                                                         \  "     T.  Future  membership  to  be  signified  in 

'     !.  Future  membership  to  be  signified  in  writiujr. 
writing. 

(No.  37.) 

An  Act  to  amend  an  act  to  incorporate  an  Insurance  Company  in  the 
city  of  Savannah,  to  be  called  "the  Southern  Insurance  and  Trust 
Company"  passed  seventeenth  of  December,  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty-one,  and  to  sanction  Us  rc-organization. 

Whereas,  The  city  of  Savannah  lias,  by  the  chances  of  war, 
become  subject  to  the  government  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica: And,  whereas,  a  minority  of  the  Directors  of  said  Company 
have  voluntarily  remained  in  said  city,  and  are  transacting  busi- 
Dess  under  said  charter,  under  the  protection  of  said  government:  PreamUe. 
And,  uhercas,  a  portion  of  the  stockholders  of  said  Company  who 
have  remained  loyal  to  the  government  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,  did  on  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  day  of  February, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-five,  after  due  notice  being 
given,  assemble  ;t  the  city  of  Macon,  and  re-organize  said  Com- 
pany : 

1.  Secti6n  I.   Beit  enacted^  fyc,  That  said  re-organization  shall  southern  j>- 
be  valid,    and  that  the  city  of  Macon  shall  hereafter  be  the  resi-T^S" ca- 
dence of  said  corporation  or  such    other   place  as   the  Board  may«jniKa  it 
designate. 

2.  SfiC.  II.  Be  it 'further enacted.  That  five  Directors  shall  here-Fire^ Dr- 
after constitute  a  quorum,  each  of  whom  shall  be  a  stockholder mik*q»»ru» 
to  the  amount  of  fifty  shares. 

3.  Sec.  III.  And  V  it  further  euaclcd,  That  this   Act  shall  not 
be  so  construed  as  to  disfranchise,  or  in  any  way  affect  any  ^ock"^;^ 
holder  who  has  remained  loyal  to  the  Confederacy,   whether  hetow* 
was  at  thf  time  of  such  re-organization    within  the  enemy's  lines, 
or  not. 

4.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further , enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  Th at 
no  person  who   owned   stock   in  the  original  Company  chartered 
for  Savannah,  shall  he  a  member  of  the  Company   chartered  by  rutgT#  m.„. 
this  Act,  until  such  person  shall  first  signify,  in  writing,  his  desire %*&\*~ 
to  be  a  member  of  the  Company  chartered  by  this  Act.  nor  shall**111*- 
the  property  or  effects   of  any  person  who    was  a  member  of  the 
original  Companies  located  at  Savannah  in  any  way  be  liable  for 
the  acts  or  doings  of  the  Company  chartered  by  this  Act,  until  the 


ptockholtler 


S6  PUBLIC   LAWS.— Insurance  Companies. 

Home  Insurance  Company.  - 

said  person   shall  signify  in  writing  his  or  her  willingness  to  tfe  a 
member  of  the  Company  chartered  by  this  Act. 

Sec.  V.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  4th,  1865. 

* 

(No.  3S.) 

• 

An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  to  incorporate  an  Insurance  Company  called 
the  "Home  Insurance  Conypany"  approved  7th  December,  1S03, 
and  to  sanction  its  re-organization. 

Whereas,  the  city  of  Savannah  has,  by  the  chances  of  war, 
become  subject  to  the  government  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica :  And,  whereas,  a  minority  of  the  Directors  of  said  Company 
have  voluntarily  remained  in  said  city,  and  are  transacting  busi- 
FrmMft  ness  under  said  charter  with  the  protection  and  seal  of  the  United 
States  of  America  :  And,  whereas,  a  portion  of  the  stockholders 
of  said  corporation,  who  have  remained  loyal  to  the  government 
of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  did  on  the  14th  and  15th 
days  of  February,  1865,  after  due  notice  being  given,  assemble  at 
the  city  of  Macon,  and  re-organize  said  Company  : 

5.  Sec.  I.  Beit  enacted  by  the  General  Axsaiibly  of  the  Start  of 
s«at<  law-  Georgia,  That  said  re-organization  shall  be  *>  alid  and  of  full  effect, 
iSSr  «r  s»-and  that  all  the  acts  of  said  re-organized  Company  shall  be  biud- 
iwiTedtf^'ing  and  obligatory  so  far  as   they  comply  with  the  provisions  of 

said  charter. 

6.  Sec.  II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  not  be 
jj.  le^i  so  construed  as  to  disfranchise,  or  in  any  way  affect,  any  stock- 
».  keduton- holder  whe  has   remained    loyal  to  the   Confederacy,   whether  he 

was  at  the  time  of  such  re-organization  within  the  enemy's  lines, 
or  not. 

7.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That 
no  person  who  owned  stock  in  the  original  Companies  chartered 
for  Savannah,  shall  be  a  member  for  the  Company  chartered    by 

3Futur*j  mom-  .  x         v  J 

k«reki^to  bethis  Act,  until  such  person  shall  signify,  in  writing,  his  desire  to 
wrivjug  be  a  member  of  the  Company  chartered  by  this  Act ;  nor  shall 
the  property  or  effects  of  any  person  who  was  a  member  of  the 
original  companies,  located  at  Savannah,  in  any  way  be  liable  for 
the  acts  and  doings  of  the  Company  chartered  by  this  act,  until 
the  said  person  shall  signify,  in  writing,  his  or  her  willingness  to- 
be  a  member  of  the  Company  chartered  by  this  Act. 
Sec.  IV.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  7th,  1865. 


TUBLIC    LAWS.— Judiciary^ 

Jnries.-  Special  terms    of  the   Superior  Cour 

TITLE  X. 


r>7 


JUDICIARY, 


Sec    (. 


Sec. 


Sec. 


Rec. 
foe. 


See, 

See, 

6e«. 
8ec. 

»*<!. 
tee. 


Jurors  drawn  fbrouoSapr.  Court  butiSec, 
B»ue  held,  made  competent  for  nest 
Court  in  order. 

()u  failure  of  Court  the  Clerk  to  give  Sec. 
notice,  and  require  attendance  ot  Sec. 
Jurors. 

Special  sessions  of  Snpr.  Court  may  be  Sec, 
c-tiled  to  try  criminal  cases.    Notice, 
hoMr  -riven.  Sec. 

Attendance  of  Jurors  provided  for. 

Adjournments  of  such  special  session*- Sec. 
outhori*ed. 

-  to  hold  on  application  of  Infr  Sec. 
Conn. 

Dower  cases  maybe  derided.  Sec. 

Office  of  Ordinary  may  be  declared  va- 
cant in  certain  cases.  Sec 

Proceedings. 

.  Kiflduig  of  Jury. 
Of  farce  at  once. 


12.  C"*rs  of  persons  charged  with  crime, 

it  in  Military  service,  to  be  contin- 
ued. 

13.  Bunds  not  to  be  forfeited. 

11.  Judgment  of  forfeiture  to  be  set  aside 

iu  certain  cases 
lo.  Clerks   required  to   make   record  of 

lost  deed*,  &e.     Pees  for  recording. 

16.  Time  for  record   in  counties  oven  un 

extended. 

17.  Law  of  evidence  amended  as  to  ga- 

ming. 

18.  Worth  co    added   to   S  .mi  h- Western 

Judicial  circuit. 

19.  Times   lor    holding    Superior  Couits 

changed  and  fixed. 
2*.  Civil  jurisdiction  of  City  GoUrt  of  Au- 
gusta extended.     Court  lees  same  as 
in  Superior  Court. 


(No.  yi>.) 

Ad  act  relative  to  Juris*. 

1.  Section  I.  Br  it  enacted  §r.,  That  whenerer  from  any  cause, 
any  of  the  Superior  Courts  of  this  State  were  not  or  cannot  be IT"?"*" 
beld    at   any   regular    term  or  adjourned  court,   the    Grand  andJ^^SEfi 
Petit  Jurors  who    were  to  serve   thereat,  shall  be   held  and  con- J^J'STIC 
•idered  as  legal  and  competent  Jurors  at  the  next  Superior  Court; 
id  county  ;  provided  that   no  new  Juries  have   been  drawn 
md  summoned  lot  said  succeeding  court. 

•'.  Sec.  II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  a  failure  of()il(ii,)ur,  of 
Superior  Court  for  any  cause  takes  place,   the  Clerk  thereof;';:";* ,;,''*„, 
shall  by  written  notice  at  the  Court  House  door,  or  in  some  otb< 
mode,  require   the  attendance  of  the  Grand  and  Petit  Juries  who  «£;  •    ' 
are  made  liable  to   service  by  the  first  section  of  this  Act,  at  the 
■ext  succeeding  term  of  the  Superior  Court. 

Assented  to  March  7th  1505. 


(No.  40.) 

A*  Act  to  authorize  tfte  Judge*  of  the  Superior  Courts   of  this  Slated 
t+convene  special  terms  of  tht  Superior  Courts  fir  the  trial  oj  crithinal 
•  and  dower. 

Section  1     The  General  Assembly  do  enact.  Thai   the  Jadgi 

of  the  Superior  Courts  ofthil  State,  may,  at  any  tunc  in  ra< 
convene  a  special  term  of  the  Superior  Court  in  any  county  ol  hjf 


i 


M  PUBLIC    LAWS.— Judiciary. 


Fifili  Division  of  the  Third  Section  and  Fourth  Article  of  the  Constitution. 


Att<-r.ri»j 


circuit,  for  the  trial  ot  any  or  all  criminal  cases,  whenever  ia  his 
judgment,  it  may  be  necessary  :  Provided,  That  in  such  cases,  the 
Notiw,  i.w  Judge  shall  cause  a  notice  of  the  time  of  the  holding  of  such  spe- 
cial term,  to  be  previously  published  by  notice,  posted  at  the 
Court  house  door  of  the  county,  and  by  publication  in  the  gazette 
in  which  the  Sheriffs  sales  of  the  county  are  published,  for  such 
length  of  time  as  the  Judge  may,  in  each  case,  determine  to  be 
necessary  and  proper. 

4.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Jurors  drawn  for  the 
next  succeeding  regular  term  of  the  Court,  shall  be  bound  to  at- 
tend as  Jurors  at  such  special  term  of  the  Court ;  and  such  Jurors 

ffjJMw"1  shall  also  attend  the  next  regular  term  unless  the  Judge  shall,  in 
his  discretion,  at  such  called  term  relieve  them  by  drawing  anoth- 
er panel  for  the  next  regular  term;  and  all  witnesses  subpoenaed 
in  all  criminal  cases,  in  said  Court,  shall  be  bound  to  attend  said 
special  term  without  further  subpoena,  unless  the  Court  is  conven- 
ed for  the  trial  of  some  particular  case  or  cases  mentioned  in  the 
published  notices,  and  then  only  the  witnesses  in  the  cases  named 
shall  be  bound  to  attend. 

5.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  aftej  a  special  term  of 
the  Court  has  been  convened  upon  notice  published  as  aforesaid*  the 
Court  may  adjourn    over   said  special  term  to  any  other  time,  or 

cLr'Uv,     rom  t,me  to  time,  as  the  ends  of  justice  and  the  necessity  for  a 
autaihized.   speedy  and  fair  trial  may  require  ;  and  the  parties  'and  witnesses 

and  Jurors  shall  take  notice  of  such  adjournment  without  further 

notice. 

G.  Sec    IV.  Be  it  further  c?iacted.;  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
.Yuditesj?     the  Judges  of  the  Superior  Courts,  to  hold  such  special  term,  in 

hold  on  apnli  ~>  .  .         a  .  .  i  ' 

;''',  any  county  in  their  respective   circuits,  upon    the  application    of 
the  Inferior  Court  of  such  county. 

7.  Sec,  VII.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  such  called  Courts  mav 
mavle  dc!e8  decide  all  cases  of  dower,  that  may  be  brought  to  said  special  cal- 
cided.         ]ecj  Courts;  Provided,  the  usual  notices  of  application  shall  be  giv- 
en or  waived,  and  no  objection  offered. 
Sec.  VI.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Approved  March  9th,  1SG5. 

(No  41.) 

An  Act  to  carry  into  effect  the  Cth  division  of  the  3d  section  and  4th  ar- 
ticle of  the  Constitution  oj  the  State  of  Georgia. 
office  ci  »r-     S.  Section  I.'  Be  enacted,  That  whenever  any  Ordinary  shall  be 
hT&JLurlli  physically  or  mentally  disabled  from  discharging  the  duties  of  his 
u8i"wV"B.''er'  office,  the  vacancy  shall  be  declared  in  the  manner  following.- 

9.  Sec.  IX.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Judges  of  the  Supe- 
Pre<.m>:i,K«.  nor  Courts  of  this  State  shall,  upon  information  received  from  the 
Justices  of  the  Inferior  Court,  or  any  party  in  interest,  either  in 
term  time  or  in  vacation,  cause  a  panel  of  special  Jurors  to  be  as- 
sembled, one  of  whom  shall  be  a  Physician  ;  and  said  special  Jury 
shall  determine  and  try  the  issue  of  capacity  or  incapacity,  wheth- 


PUBLIC    LAWS.— Judiciary. 


Persons  on  H  >uds  t'>r  tne  appearance  of  crirniiiaLs. — Deeds',  Mortgage*,  &c,  required  to  be  recorded. 

er  physical  or  mental  ;  and  the  verdict  of  said  Jury  shall  be  final  ; 
Provided,  That  ten  days  notice  in  writing,  is  first  given  to  the  Or- 
dinary to  be  affected  by  said  verdict,  and  to  his  nearest  relative  if 
within  the  county;  Jmd  provided  farther,  That  the  Jury  so  empan- 
elled, shall  be  first  sworn,  as  in  all  special  Jury  cases, 

10.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  the  Jury  find  iwo^  of 
pacity,  the  office  shall  be  vacant,  and  the  proceedings  shall  be  cer-  ; 
.tified  and  transmitted  to  the   Inferior  Court,  and  such  proceedings 
had  as  are  now  provided  by  law. 

11.  Sec.  IV.  This  act  shall  go  into  effect  from  the  time  of  ite.jwi 
passage  ;  and  nil  laws  conflicting  with  it  are  hereby  repealed. 

Assented  to  March  11th,  1SG-5. 

(No.  42.)  i 

4k  Act  to  protect  persons  wluo  are  liable  on  bonds/or  the  appearance  of 
criminals  to  answer  for  crimes,  and  to  authorize  and  require  the  Judges  , 
of  the  Superior  Courts  to  conti  when  the  persons  charged  with 

crime  arc  in  the  military  service  of  the  c'ountry. 

12.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  fa,  That  from  and  after  the  pas- 
sage of  this  act,  when  any  person  charged  with  crime  in  this  State,  c»«-«  m  p-'-jJ 
shall  fail  to  appear  at  the  court  in  any  term  of  said  court  as  requir-„  u, 

ed  by  his  bond,  and  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  that  the  failure  of-. 
such  person  is  by  reason  of  his  being  in  the  military  service  of  the.600  " 
country,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judge  presiding,  to  enter  a  con- 
tinuance in  said  ei 

13.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  b>j  the  authority  aforesaid,  That 
no  bond  shall  be  forfeited  by  reason  of  the  parties  not  appearing  at 
the  court,  if  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  that  the  party  bound  to  ap- 
pear,'is  in  the  military  service  of  the  country. 

14.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  when  any  bond  has 
heretofore  been  forfeited,  and  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  to  the. 
court,  that  thefailure  of  the  defendant  to  appear,  resulted  from  his 
beiug  absent  in  the  military  service  of  the  country,  or  being  a  pris- 
oner in  the  hands  of  the  public  enemy,  such  judgment  of  forfeiture 
shall  be  set  aside  upon  the  payment  of  the  costs  incident  to  said 
forfeiture. 

Assented  to  March  6th,  1865. 

(No.  43.) 

An  Act  to  authorizi  and  require  tfu  \  of  Deeds,  Mortgages  and 

"titer  instruments,  that  hart  been  beretojojre  recorded,  and  when  the   rc- 
rdofthesann  hoy   been  burned  or  destroyed ; and  to  authorize  the 
recording  of  Deeds,   U  $  and  ether  instruments,  in  Counties  in 

this  State,  which  hai  '  *nay  hereafter  be  occupied  by  the-  public 

enemy,  and  for  other  jrurposes. 

16.  Section  I.  The  Genera/  A  thi  Stat 

enact,  That    from   and  after  the  passage  of  this    Act,  the  Clerks 

t 


:,'\tt<1  to 

«l  luat  deett 
It 


Fee«  lor  it 


GO  PUBLIC    LAWS.— Jipiciary. 

Graining  IftWA.— Worth  county  added  \q  the  South- \Y  eat  eru  Judicial  Circuit 

of  the  Superior,  Inferior,  and  Courts  of  Ordinary,  are  hereby  au- 
ciwks  rethorized  and  required,  to  record  all  Deeds,  i>iortgages,  and  other 
'cord instruments  that  were  heretofore  recorded  in  their  Courts,  respec- 
tively, when  called  on  to  do  so,  with  all  the' entries  made  on  said 
Deeds,  Mortgages,  or  other  instruments  when  heretofore  recorded, 
when  the  record  of  the  same  has  been  burned  or  destroyed  ;  and 
for  said  recording  the  same,  the  said  Clerks  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  same  fees  now  allowed  by  law  for  recording  of  Deeds,  Mort- 
gages and  such  other  instruments. 

16.  Sec.  II,  And  be   it  further  enacted  by   the   authority   aforesaid, 

That   in  all  cases  where  Deeds,  Mortgages  or  other  instruments, 

entitled    to  record  by  the  laws  of  this  State,  could  not,  and  here- 

Tmu  f.r*- after  cannot  be  recorded  withiu  the  time  prescribed  by  law,  by  rea- 

««rd  in  eoun-  _  .  ~  .         .        ,T  .        n,  .J         ,  1   i. 

fen  owniu  son  of  the  occupation -ot  any  county  in  this  State  by  the  public 
enemy,  said  Deeds,  Mortgages,  and  other  instruments,  entitled  to 
record  by  the  laws  of  this  State,  may  be  recorded  within  the  time 
prescribed  by  law,  after  the  enemy  has,  or  may  hereafter  remove 
Irom  said  county  ;  the  time  the  enemy  has,  or  may  hereafter  oc- 
cupy said  county,  to  be  counted  out  of  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

16.  Sec.  111.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  7th,  1865. 

(No,  44-) 
An  Act,  to  amend  tlit  law  of  evidence  in  relatiim  to  the  gam'uig  laws  of 
this  Stafe. 

11.  Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That  in  all  crim- 
inal prosecutions  for  presiding  and  dealing  at  a  faro-table,  or  for 
.***  tf  >Ti- playing  and  betting  at  the  same,  proof  of  the  presiding  and  deal- 
'>Ja- '"  in£.  and  of  the  use  of  counters,  or  checks,  upon  the  table,  shall  cast 
the  onus  of  proof  upon  the  defendent,  and  make  a  prima  facie  case 
against  him  ;  and  it  shall  devolve  upon  him  to  show  that  such 
checks  or  counters  were  not  purchased  with  money,  or  other  thing 
or  things  of  value. 

Sec  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
,  Assented  to  March  7  th.  lS6f>". 

(No.  45.) 
An  Act  to  .add  the  county  of  Worth   to  the   South-Western  Judicial 
Circuit,  and  to  change  the  times  of  holding  the  Superior  Court  of  said 
county. 

18.  Section  I.  From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the 
,w*rth«.Un- county  of  Worth  shall  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  added  to  the 
^Ir^-South-Westcrn  Judicial  Circuit. 

cSobw"!  19.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That 
the  times  of  holding  the  Superior  Courts  in  said  county  shall  be 
koMi^ifor sn. changed  ;  and  the  times  for  holding  the  Superior  Courts  of  said 
•h^d°M,d county  sha  11  be  the  fourth  Mondays  of  April  and  October;  and 
f,x"J'         shall  hold  for  one  week. 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  4th,  1865. 


PUBLIC  LAWS— MiLiTAKi-.— Penal  Code.  61 


Rank  of  C'Humipy^uy  nnd  Quart«rninster  GenernKf  incif-aW'd.— Ki'«  j,><*i>)  »>t  Inns,  HoM*.  &e. 

(No.  46.) 

An  Act  to  extend  the  civil  jurisdiction  of  the  City  Court  of  Augusta, 
to  abolish  the  tax  or  Court  fee,  and  to-  make  the  fees  of  the  ojict  >  $ 
of  that.  Court  the  same  as   in  the  Superior  Courts  0/  this  State. 

21.  Sec.  I.    The  (lent  ml  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do  enact,  (.iTi]  jurit> 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  civil  jurisdiction^;"0"01. 

1  O  '  • '  *  1 1  j  l  -o  art  r 

of  the  City  Court  of  Augusta    shall  he  extended    to  the  sum  of  *£§£*•  M 

ten  thousand  dollars,  exclusive  of  interest  ;  that  the  tax  or  Court 

fee  now  imposed  by  existing  laws  on    suits  brought  in  that  Court^nrt  reei 

shall  be  abolished,  and  the  fees  of  she  officers  of  that  Court  shall  superior 

be  the  same  as  fixed  by  law,  for  the  officers  of  the  Superior  Courts 

of  this  State. 

Sec;   II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  Oth,   L865. 


TITLE  XI. 


MILITARY. 

Sti.    1.  I\i7ik'>t  Commissary  and  Qiiartejinaaber  General  of  the  Sta$<-  raised   to  tLal  »■!  Col- 
onel <jt  ("avail y. 

(No:  47.) 

An  Act  to  increase  the  rank  and  pay   of  the  Commwary   Gtoiertfl  ana 
Quartermaster  General  of  the  State  of  Georgia. 

k.  Section  I.  He  U  enacted  bu  the  General  Assembly  of 'the  Sia'e  bf*****1*** 
Georgia,  That  the  Commissary  General  and  QuartennaMer  Gei>-Ji««er"*?- 
eral  of  the  State  ol  Ceorina,  shdl  each  have  the  rank  arHl  par  op**  *•»«  , 
Colonel   of    Cavalry.  «.rcoum8ior 

Sec'.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Approved  March    9th,   1S65. 


TITLE  XII. 


I'EVAL  CODE. 
(No.  IS.) 

tto'cothjH  of    I  n't  ■  Hotels  and  other  luouscs  oi  fHibHc  urfrr- 

<nent  /hi   tr,i>.  ipts  <"  checks  for  tin  '■■■ 

quests  in  certain  cotes,  ami  to  makcp<  '"'I  a  refusal  •■> . 

1.  Section  1.  Be  it  marred,  ty-.,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  ofthe 
rsoflnns,  Hotels  and  ether   houses  of  public  entertainment. 


U2  PUBLIC  LAWS.— Relief. 

Soldiers  elected  to  civil  offices. 


K.fpersof  for   travellers  iu   this  State,   t<*  give  receipts  or  cheeks  for  all 
hotel.   *■» baggage  of  their  guests  delivered  in  such  Inn,  Hotel  ©r  house  of 


iur 

without 

ditw 

rfc»r 


ttJjSta5£enttrttinment,    when    requested  so   to   do  by  such   guest;  and 
;';^!       such  keeper  shall  not  make  any  additional  charge  for  receipting 
lor,  checking,  or  keeping  such  bagage  so  long  as  the  owner  remains 
a  guest  of  the  house. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  cm/cted  That  if  the  keeper  of  any  Inn, 

Hotel  or  other  public  house  ol  entertainment  as  aforesaid,  shall  vio- 

"1"1'  late  any  provision  of  the  first  section  of  this  Act,  he  shall  be  guilty 

of  a  misdemeanor  ;  and  on  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine 

not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  9th,  130-5. 


TITLE  XIII. 


RELIEF. 

Sec.  1.  Three  mouths    given    foj   soldiers  to  Sec.  3.  Marriages  between  first  cousins  jegM 


quality  as  ci\ii  officers.    Proviso. 
2.  On  failure  of  regular  election,  lufr.  Of 
may  orier  election  on  3D  days  notice 


lied. 


Thres  mouth, 
diars  to  q 

,ll  .18    civil 

officer.. 


(No.  49.) 

An  Act  for  the  relief  of  certain  persons  elected   to  civil  offices  in  this 
State,  and  for  other  purposes1, 

1.  Section,  I.   Be   it  enacted  Sjt.,  That   no  person  elected  to 
civil  office  in  this   State  who    may  be  in  the  military  service  of 

£**£ this  State  or  cf  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be  deprived  of  the 
privilege  of  being  qualified  and  of  holding  said  office  by  reason  of 
his  inability  to  appear  before  the  proper  officer  to  be  qualified, 
in  consequence  of  his  being  in  the  army;  any  law,  usage  or  cus- 
tom to  the  contrary  notwithstanding:  Prodded,  said  person  shall 
appear  and  take  the  oath  of  office  within  three  months  after  his 
election ;  and  provided  further,  that  this  Act  shall  not  vacate 
any  office  which  would  not  be  vacated  under  existing  laws  by  the 
♦  failure  of  the  person  to  appear  and  take  the  oath  of  office  as  pro- 
vided by  law.     ; 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  if.  JurtJirrawctcd,  That  if  from  any  cause  the  elec- 
tion for  county  officers   should  not  be  held  in   any  county  in   this 

"«urude*-f State  at  the  time  prescribed  by  law,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  said 
c^rt  mtyor election  to  be  held  in  such  counties,  in  the  manner,  and  at  such 
ti'on'on %  places  as  are  perscribed  by  law  ;  provided,  the  Inferior  Court  of 
dajS  notice. such  Qounties  shall  give  public  notice  thirty  days  before  the  day 
of  holding  said  election. 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  7th,  1865. 


PUBLIC  LAWS. — Soldiers  and  Soldiers  Families.  6Jj 

ClothiDfj,  kiow,  hataor  capB  for  sold  it  is  from  Georgia. 

(XoTaoo" 

An  Act  to  legalize  all  marriages  between  first  cousin^  which  have  been 
contracted  since  December  11///,  1303. 

3.  Section  I.  Be   it  enacted,  That  all    first  cousins   who   bare  Marri»jei*^ 
heretofore  married,  since  the    11th  day  of  December,    ISG3,    are,TmnfT,t> 
aereby  relieved  from  any  penalties  they  may  have  incurred  un-^11""- 
eler  the  laws  of  this  State,  and  that  all  such  marriages  are  hereby 
declared  legal. 

Skc.  11.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  11th,   1S65. 


TITLE  XIV. 


SOLDIERS  AND  SOLDIERS  FAMILIES. 


Sec.  1.  t>unr.  Mas.  Gea'l  of  Slate  required  to 
h*sue  clothing,  show,  blankets,  A-c., 
('>  Georgia.  Soldier*  on  re-qiiisition. 
Requisition  bo«r  made. 

Sec.  I1.  On  wbat  term*  clothing,  A: c,  furnished 
to  Soldier*  in  Hospital*. 

Sec.  8.  Geo.  Officers  allowed  to  purchase  cloth- 
iDjrun  cooditidns. 


Sec.  4.  Two  Million."  of  Dollars  additional,  ap- 
propriated,  for  support  of  indigent 
soldiers  and  families. 

See.  •">.  How  to  be  raised. 

Sec.  6.  Justices  of  the  Inferior  Court  to'  pur- 
chase and  distribute. 


•  (No.  51.)  • 

An  Act  to  amend  ait  Act  to  appropriate  money  to  "procure  and  furnish 
clothing,  shoes,  hats  or  caps,  and  blanlcts,for  the  soldiersj'rom  Geor- 
gia, and  to  provide  for  raising  the  same. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  $1:,  That  the  Quartermaster  Gen- 
eral of  this  State,  is  hereby  authorized  and  required   to  issue,  or a, .,,„,.,„, . 
cause  to  be  issued,  clothing,  shoes,  hats,  and  blankets,  to  the  sol-suie8*^,^'^ 
diersfrom  Georgia,  upon  such  requisitions  as  may  be  made  by  the  ;,'£,[,'•/ 
oflicenj  commanding  the  regiments,  battalions  or  independent  com-,^"* 
panics,  of   the  same  ;  Provided,  The  said   Quartermaster  General  " 

shall  not  comply  with  any  requisition  that  may  be  made,  unless 
accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  making  the  same,, 
stating  the  number  of  meu  present  in  the  regiment,  battallion  or 
sompany  ;  the  number  actually  destitute,  and  that  they  have 
made  efforts  to  draw  from  the  Confederate  Government,  but  failed 
to  secure  an  adequate  supply. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  eases  where  Georgian, 
soldiers  are  absent   from  their   commands   in    Hospitals,  and  are^i 
destitute  of  clothing,  the  Quartermaster  General  of  this  State,  is^'^'V©* 
hereby  authorized  and  required  to  issue,  or  cause  to   be  issuetl  topl  " 
these  destitute  soldiers,  such  articles  of  clothing  as  they  may  be 
destitute  of;  Provided,  the  said  Quartermaster  General  shall  not 

issue  clothing  to  any  such  soldiers,  unless  they  present  him  a  de- 
scriptive  list,  showing  the  company,  battalion  or   regiment    to 


64  PUBLIC  LAWS.— Soldiers  and  Soldiers  Families 


, 


"ctatMng  for  officers  in  the  Army-$2,000.000  additional  for  snpport  of  indigent,  suldiera  -firtniBet?  &?. 

"which  they  belong,  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  medieal 
officer  in  charge  of  the  hospital,  in  which  they  are  being  treated, 
of  their  destitution  of  the  articles  called  for. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Approved  to  March  11th,  1S65. 

(No.  52.) 

An  act  to  allow  officers  from  this  State  in  the  army  of  the   Confederate 
States,  when  kith    their  command  in  the  field,  to  purchase  clothing 
from  the  Quartermaster  General  of  this  State. 

3.  Suction,  Is  Be  it  enacted,  §v.,  That  from  and  after  the  pas- 
sa*e  of  this  Act,  officers  from  the  State  of  Georgia  in  the  army  of 
£;rEJiU*  th?   Confederate  States   when  present   with  their   commands  in 
!iothpi»rgchaonthe  field,  and  not  otherwise,  may  purchase  at  cost  from  the  Quar- 
■»«**■*   termaster  General,  clothing,  upon  a  requisition  certifying  that  tlie 
same  is  necessary  for  their  own  use,  and  that  they  cannot  obtain 
such  clothing  from  the  Confederate  Government. 
Sec*.  Ill  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  8th,  1S65. 

(No.  53.) 

An  Act  to  make  an  appropriation  of  two  millions  of  dollars  in  addition 
to  tlie  appropriations  already  made, /or  the  support  of  indigent  famiiics 
of  soldiers  wlio  are  in  the  public  service,  and  for  the  support  of indigent 
soldiers  who  have  been  or  may  hereafter  l>e  disabled  by  wounds  or  dismsc 
in  the  Confederate  or  Stale  service  for  the  year  lSb'5,  and  to  fohat 
out  tlie  mode  in  which  said  money  shall  be  raised,  and  for.  other  pur- 
poses. 

4.  Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That,  in  a<idition 
Tw*o  million 'to  the  sum  already  appropriated,  two  millions  of  dollars,  or  s© 
ti°'ia"»mo."  much  thereof  as  maybe  necessary,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby 
SSoi  ol-Tn-  appropriated,  lor  the  support  of  indigent  soldiers  and  their  families. 
KdftmThe  term  "  indigent  soldiers  and  their  families"  to  include  all  who 
ilk*  are  beneficiaries  under  the  existing  laws  ;  aud  the  amount  appro- 
priated by  this  Act,  to  be  distributed  in  the  same  manner  as  is 
now  provided  by  law. 

5.  Sec.  II.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  to  provide  for  the 
How  to  be  raising  said  sum  of  two  millions  of  dollars  herein  appropriated,  the 
nitef.        Governor  shall  cause  to  be  prepared  and  issued  as  the  same  may 

be  needed,  Treasury  notes  of  denominations  not  less  than  live  dol- 
lars, to  be  signed  by  the  Treasurer  and  countersigned  by  the  Comp- 
troller General  ;  said  notes  to  be  made  payable  on  demand,  at  the 
State  Treasury,  in  Confederate  Treasury  notes  ;  and  if  not  present- 
ed within  two  years  from,  the  date  thereof,  then  only  to  be  re- 
ceivable in  payment  of  public  dues,  during  the  war,  and  no  longer. 

6.  Sec.  III.  It  is  further  enacted,  That  the  money  appropriated 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— T.*.\;;;. 


65 


lacuuir  Ttii  Act. 


by  tiii*  Act,  be  placed  iu  the  hands  of  the  Justices  of  the  inferior ■,„, . " 
Court  of  each  county,  triiose  duty  it  shall  be  to  purchase  pt©-t?*^'ferini 
visions  for  the  beneficiaries,  and  liave   the  same  distributed  accor- *?**? "» ■*** 
♦hug  to  the  true  intent  of  this  Act.  *      bu'*' 

Stft'.  I\".  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  1  lt.li,  1S0-5. 


TITLE  XV. 


TAXI- 8. 


g<      '. .  Taxes  on  net  income  or  profits,  from  1st  Sec.  N.   Time  extended  to  I).  JT.  B.  TrOtu  to 

April,  1861,  to  lit  April  ttJfib.    R#.  pay  hu  Taxes, 

turns  muter  oath,    ho  tax  <jti  less  Extended  as  to  aliother  defuulters'iu 

than  10  per  dent  profit*  on  capital  Bame  condition, 
employed.                                          Sec.  15,  Tax-Colfoctors  losing  money  by  ene- 

tea,  -    Kates  tit   taxation  on  profits  of  mora  my,  shall  institute  action  to 'prove 

tli. in  LOuer.ccut. on  capital,  the  same. 

8c..  '."•   How  i"  estimate  profits  when  do  re  Sec.  16,  Oa  pixxeotation  nl  certified  verdict 

tutus  are  inade.  Comp. tieu'l  shall  teleasetrom  State! 

I   Penalty  For  false  or  fraudulent  returns  T:.x.    Inf.  Court  from  conuM  Tax. 

Informer*  to  receive  one-half.            Sec.  17.  I<*il'a  .stayed  pending  action. 

:                  faulters  to  be  first  notified.                Swc.  18.  Attorney    and  Solicitors    (jenl.   shall 

\\  idows  n  r<  present  the  M«!f|  on  -,'u  <iava  u\< 

i.  ■  .i  tax  i  ion,  it  \  alu  •  ol   property  tice. 
dues  not  exceed  $i000.                        -     .  19,  £  ppiicable  to  all  Receivers  of  public 

•  1      irpovated  companies  with  banking!  money. 

privileges   liable  to  advaloretu  tax  Sec.  20.  Tax-Uecei  vers  and  Collectors  shall  re- 

ou  all  assets.    How  and  when  levied  eeive  same  commissions  on  Income 

and   collected.     Capital  stock    aoti  as  General  State  Tax.    Proviso, 

subject.    Moliey  retunded  in  certain  Sec  Ml.  State  and  County  Taxes,  paid  foryeai 

oases.  1864,  may  lie  refunded,  on  proof  oi 

Taxea'puid  by  hi                   lesmaytiej  loss  oi  property  by  enemy.    Pro- 

refunded,  on  proot  ui  paymout  by|  ceediugs  in  such  cases, 

owners*                                             See,  22.  li  Tax  not  yet  paid,  deduction  author* 

Sac.  '.'.  A?  to  oath  of  Tax-paYers,  iced  on  property  lost  by  the  War". 

*  .     if    Astoonth  ol  T».x-payers.  Proceedings  m  such  cases. 

ft    .  ii.    \  ■-■■.-Miient  of  lax  toi  18  i                 Sac.  23.  Parties  unable  to  pay ,  may  be  wholly 

v.      :  :   Time  for  settlement  ofTax-Col|e<  or  partially  relieved, on  proper prool 

<  \.i  uded.  made. 

Time  extended  to  Tax- Receivers  toSec.  24.  Infr.  Court  slioll  adjudicate,    Esaev- 

make  returns  iu  certain  cases.  Com-,  ped slaves  included. 

missions  how  drawn. 

(Xo.  -54.) 
An  Act  to  Itey  and  collect  a  tax  on  the  net  income  or  pro/its  of  allpcr- 
gaged  in  agriculture  and  farming-;  and  net  profits  of 'all  per- 
it  making  incomes  by  purchast.  and  sale  of  any    property  real  or 
personal";  upon  the  net  income  oj  all  express  companies,  railroad  com? 
panics  not  exempt  by  their  charter  from  such  laxaJiqn;  insurance  com- 
pattits,  brokers,  avitwheers i  all  persons   engaged. in  the  manufacture 
iron  ami  salt,    and  cotton  dealers  ;  all  persons    engaged    in   the 
manufacture  of  flour,  vital,  (j-nts  and  fiominy, ;  and  upon  all  pro/its 
a  iting from  the  sale  of  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise,  groceries  and 
provisions;  also,  <>n  the  income  or  profits  of  all  persons  and  bodies  cor- 
j*orate,  engag  d  in  the  manufacture  of  cotton  or  woolen  goods, ;  in  the 
tanning  cni.I  mleof  leather  and  the  maniifa  lure  and  sale  oj  any  arttel 
uuulc  thereof;  and    the   distillation  and  sale  of  alcohol  or  spirituous 
liquors;  all  cotton  dealers  ;  all  persons  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
■  >  /<  i  tron,  ar<  i  who  may  fail  td  trive  in  tfo 

purposes. 


;C,  PUBLIC   LAWS.— Taxes. 

Income  Tax    Art. 


1,  SECTION  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact,  That  a-fi 

persons  engaged  in  agriculture  and  tanning;  ail  persons  and  bodies 

corporate  in  this  State;  all  persons  making  income  by  purchase  and 

sale  of  any  property,  real  or  personal;  all  keepers  of  hotels,  inns  or 

tdflome  «>r   livery    stables,    express  companies;  railroad    companies    not   e.\- 

??Aprifom  emi>t  from  taxation  by  their  charter  ;  insurance   companies,    bro- 

J  364.   to      1st  I  _  .  mi  ii  i- 

xpru,  1865.    \u>T6,  and  auctioneers;  millers,  coopers;  all    persons    engaged  >n 
the  manufacture  of  sugar  and   syrup;  all  persons    engaged  in  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  salt ;  all  persons   engaged  in  the  sale   of 
goods,  wares  aud  merchandise,   groceries  and  provisions ;  all  per- 
sons and  bodies  corporate  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
cotton  or  woolen  goods ;  in  the  tanning  and  sale   of  leather,  and 
in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  any  article  made  thereof;  and  all 
persons  engaged  in  the  distillation  and  sale  of  alcohol  or  spirituous 
liquors  ;  and  all  cotton  dealers;  all  persons  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  wooden  ware',  when  they  make  a  return  of  their  taxable 
RHums  un- property",  shall  make  a  return,  under  oath,  of  the  net  income -and 
deroath.      profits  which  he,    she  or  they   may  have    made,  respectively,  ia 
the  sale,  or  manufacture  and  sale  of  any  of  the  articles  above  enu- 
merated, and  in  the  conducting  of.  any  of  the  business   aforesaid, 
Kotaxonie«fram  the  first  day  of  April,  1SG4,  to  the  first  day  of  "April,  16(65, 
^ofit50pouct:ove'r  and   above  ten  per  cent  on  the  capital  employed  in  his,   her, 

capital     em-  .      .      , 

ployed.        or  their  business. 

2.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  all  cases  when  the  net  in- 
mates of  t»- comes  and  profits  over  and  above  the  ten  per  cent,  on  the  capital 
fito°V2&re  'gtpek,  so  excepted  as  aforesaid,  are  ten  thousand  dollars  or  less,  the 
ronlin  cbp- {ax  shall   be  five  dollars  for  every  hundred  dollars  ;  upon  all  sums 
over  ten    thousand  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifteen  thousand  dol- 
lars, seven    and  a    half    dollars     upon    every    hundred  dollars; 
upou    all  sums  over  fifteen  thousand  dollars  and  not   more  than 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  ten  dollars  upon  every  hundred   dollars; 
upon  all  sums  over  twenty  thousand  dollars  and  not  more  than 
thirty  thousand  dollars,  twelve  and  a  half 'dollars  upon  every  hun- 
dred dollars  ;  upon  all   sums  over  thirty  thousand  and  not  more 
than  fifty  thousand  dollars,  fifteen  dollars  upon  every  hundred  dol- 
lars ;  upon   all  sums  over  fifty,  and    not    more   than  seventy-liv^ 
thousand  dollars,  seventeen   dollars    and  fifty  cents   upon    every 
hundred  dollars  ;  upon  ail  sums  over  seventy-five  thousand  dollars, 
and  not  more  than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  twenty  dollars 
upon  every  hundred  dollars  ;  and  upon  all  sums  over  one  hundred 
thousand,  twenty-five  dollars  upon  every  hundred  dollars. 

3.  Sec.  III.- And   be   it  further  enacted,  That  if  any.  person  or 
bodies  corporate  embraced  in  any  section  of  this  act,  shall  fail  or 

mat«  ^roa:  refuse  to  make  a  return  of  his,  her  or  their  profits,  made  or  real- 
&£■'£?  ""ized  as  aforesaid,  he,  she  or  they  shall  be  deemed  and  held  as  hav- 
'JSda•         ing  made  two  millions  of  dollars  profits,  and  shall  be  taxed  accor- 
dingly. 

4.  Sec.  IV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  person  or  the  offi- 
cers of  any  body  corporate,  whose  duty  it  is  to  make  the  proper  re- 


PUBLIC    LAWS.— Taxes.  67 


Prop  >rty  of  S'>Lliorj,  dec,  ex<yiapted  fr.>m  taxation,  when  if  <lop»  n.->t.  rTP.rnrl  £•"?  000  in  v»hie. 

turns  required  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  make  a  false  re-p^n,  ^ 
turn,  or  shall  enter  and  charge  the  profits  in  tho  extension  of  cap-^ttrei^i' 
ital  or  stock,  so  as  to  defeat  tlie  object  of  this  act,  such  person  or 
officer  or  officers  so  offending  shall  be  guilty   of  a   high    misde- 
meanor;  and  upon   conviction  thereof  shall  be  taxed  four-fold  on 
the  amount  returned — one-half  of  which  shall  go   to   the  person  i»i>'rm*»  *» 
who  may  inform  against,  and  prosecute  the  person  or  officer  or  orh->»air. 
cers  so  offending;  and  said  person  or  officer  or  officers  so  offending, 
shall     also    suffer  the    penalty  prescribed  by    the    laws   of  this 
State  for  false  swearing. 

•3.  Sec.  V.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  before  any  receiver  of  tax- 
returns  shall  assess  a  tax  of  live  hundred  thousand  dollars  upon  t)„flnltcrgto 
any  p'erson  or  body  corporato  for  failure  to  make  his  or  their  re-^firsl  "^ 
turn,  he  shall  notify  the  party  or  his  or  their  agent  in  writing  of 
his  intention  so  to  lax  them,  and  that  the  persons  so  notified  shall 
haw  ten  days  from  the  service  of  such  notice  within  which  to 
n:;ik''  his  or  their  return. 

.  VI.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  li,  18 

(No.  06.) 

An  Act  ft  from  taxation  theproperty  of  alt  resident  widows  having 

sons  in  the  Confederate  or  Slate  service;  minors  ami  soldiers,  in  either 

the   Confederate  or  State  service  of  (his  State,  from  taxation,  w-hm 

t'ht  sums  do  s  not  exceed  two  thousand  dollars  in  value,  on  the  first  day 

ipril  in  each  year,  and  for  other  purposes. 

o.  Section   I.   Be  it  enacted,  ^t.,  That  the  provisions  of  the  ActWi(,ow.t 
appioved   December   12th,  186-%  exempting  from     taxation   two ^'^""'J^ 
thousand  dollars  of  soldiers' and  soldiers'  widows,  when  their  prop-;™?^0™ 
ertv  J  >es  not  exceed  in  value  two  thousand  dollars,  shall  apply  to*Rl"e  °!^- 

I   1      J  pt*rty    doc* 

all   widows   who   have    sons  in  the  army,  either  of  the  State  or^^0^* 
Confederate  Stair-. 

Approved  March  llth,  1805. 

(No.  56.) 

I  .1  cribt  the  tax  on  Banking  Corporations  and  all  incorpora- 
ted Com  Banking  privileges  in  this  State;  Also  to  rrlure 
ilt,    Hi,)',  and  other  incorporated  companies,  from' a  doubli  tax, levied 

it p> a.  :' 

?.  Section',  I.  1  .■/»•// ry,-.,  That' the  several iBankingpom- 

and  all   incorporated  companies  using  Banking  privileges  ,I°*P^J* 
in  v  .  are  hereby  subject  and  liable  to  pay  such  an  adva^o-  wr ,?,/;"',: J"/,* 

i  tax   upon  their  assets,  real  and  personal  property,  as    is  laid  ;.1',' ,,'uV1  "* 
property  of  the  tax  payers  qf  th  The  i;u"*u- 

returns  of  s;iid   Banking  or  other  incorporated  companies  using  » 


*g  PUBLIC    LAWS.— Taxes. 

Taxes  jwiid  by  hirers  of  nepoe*.  in  cerlaia  cases.— Otith  of  Tax  Payers. 

H«~i»d     Banking  privileges,  to  be.   made  to  the  Comptroller  General    on 
tSS&E&t®16  1st  of  April  in  each  and  every  year  ;  and  the  tax  to  be  paid  di- 
rectly to  the  State  Tieasurer  free  of  cost  to  the  State,  on  the  first 
of  Ootober,  in  each  and  every  year.     In  levying  said  taxes  the 
Comptroller  General  shall  levy  the  same  tax  upon  said  incorpora- 
tions, as  is  levied  upon  all  other  property  of  the  tax-payers  of  this 
State.     And  whereas,  by  the  10th  section  of  an  Act,  approved  De- 
cember 14th    I860,  a  tax  was  directed   to   be  levied   both    upon 
the  Assets  and  the  Capital  stock  of  these  incorporations,  thereby 
taxing  both  the  indebtedness  as  well  as  their  assets  :     For  remedy 
whereof,     Be  it   further  enacted,    That  the  several  Banking  Cor- 
porations, and  all  incorporated  companies   using    Banking    priv- 
ileges  iii   this  State,  upon   the  payment    of  the  tax    upon  their 
c»Viui  »t*ct  Assets,  be  relieved  from  the  tax  on  their  Capital  stock  ;  and  where 
any  of  them  have  paid  into  the  State  Treasury  the  tax  upon  both 
their   assets  and  Capital  stock,  his  Excellency    the  Governor,  i* 
M«a«T  vo-   hereby  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasury  for,  and 
Eilftiw/61  refund  the  amount  thus  paid  on  the  Capital  stock  by  said  incorpo- 
rations. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  7th,  1865. 

{So.  57.) 

An  Act  to  refund  all  taxes  paid  by  hirers  of  negroes,  on,  the  same,  in  cerfaiA 
cases. 

8.'  Section  I.  Be  it  evaded,  fyc.,  That  the  Governor  of  the  State 
•repaid  of  Georgia,  is  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the  Treasurer,  to 
tltro/.em« refund  all  taxes  paid  by  hirers  of  negroes  on  the  same,  when  sat- 
«  fr£**;  'isfactory  evidence  is  given  to  the  Comptroller  General  of  the 
Jw^tby  amount  paid,  and  that  the  owner  of  said  negroes  or  his  agent,  has 
paid  the  said  taxes. 

Sec.  II.  All  conflicting  laws  arc  hereby  repealed. 

Assented  to  March  4th,  1865. 

(No.  58.) 

An  Act  to  repeal  an  Act  entitled  an.  Act,  to  alter  and  change  the  oath  y 
Tax-Payers  in  this  Slate,  assented  to  December  the  14th  1 8(>;5. 

9.  Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  di 
jl-vo  «tii  ofCTtatf,  That  the  above  recited  Act,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  re- 
•"•-^   pealed. 

Assented  to  March  Gth,  1865. 

(No.  59.) 
An  Act  in  prescribe  the  oath  of  Tax-Payers  for  the  year   1SGJT. 

10.  Section  I.   The   General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia   da- 
pwet,  That  the  Act  assented  to  December  2nd,  1S63,  (eighteen 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Taxes.  «» 

'I'm  ibr  thti  polifieai  year  IS'O .— Time  for  erttlesnont  \rith  Tax  Collectors  extended.— Ta*  Be*eiTtTt. 


hundred    and  sixty-three)    entitled  an    Act  to  amend  the  oath  a»*«o*  °r 
o(  Tax-Payers  for  the  year   1864)  (eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-   1P"T 
four.)  and  for  other  purposes,  be  re-enacted,  with  an  amendment, 
substituting  the  year  1865,  (eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,)  for 
that   of   1S64,   (eighteen   hundred  aud  sixty-four.) 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Mfcrch  7.  1 8G5. 

(No.  GO.) 

Jbt  Aft  to  Icnj  <i.ni  rnlh-rf  a   T«.i  for  the  potiticdl  ye&r   I S6-"),  eud  for 
ether  purposes. 

1  I.  SECTION  F.  The  Geaieral  Assembly  of  (he  Sttir  of  Georgia  do 
mart,  That  Mis  Excellency  the  Governor  of  this  State,  with  the  Aiutua»»t 
assistance  of  the  Comptroller  General,  shall  assess  on  the  entire  tm*.*  " 
amount  of  taxable  property  of  this  State,  Two-Fifth  (2-5)  of  one 
per  cent  additional,  for  the  support  of  Government,  for  the  political 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five  (186-5,)  any  law  to  the  con- 
trary notwithstanding; 

Approved  March  1  1th,  IW| ■•"•. 

(No.  61.) 
Ad   Act  f"  extend  tfie  time  qj' settlement  with  the  Tax-Cpilectors  of  thu 
Stn 

12.  Section   I.   Be  it  enacted,  fa. ,  That  the  time  for  settlement  J^j'j "'- 
of  the  several  T.r\ -Collectors  of  this  State,  be -extended  to  the  firsts  c»u«- 

.         .  ,       .  „  fort  «tVnd  - 

dav  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-live.  ■* 

Se'  .  II.  Repe;  la  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  l  Ith,  1865,. 

(No.  62.) 

An  ui'l  to- aJJav  certain  Tad  Recewers  a  reasonable  time  to  male  then 
rctnrnt. 

Whereas,  a  respectable  number  of  counties  in  the  State  have 
boon  overrun  by  the  enemy,  in  consequence  of  which  the  Tax  Re- 
ceivers have  failed  to  make  their  returns,  in  terms  of  the  law. 
Therefore, 

13.  Section  I.   />'<   it  enacted  \< ..  That  the  Receivers  of  Tax 
irns  who  have  nol  been  enabled  to  make  their  returns  of  taxa- J^TtVi  VY 

ble  property  for  the  year  1864,  have  until  thv  first  day  of  August 

next,  to  make  their    returns  to   the  Comptroller  General's  office  ; 

and  on  making  such  returns  the  Comptroller  General  is  requested 

to  give  such  Tax  Receivers  receipts  that  will  enable  them  to  drawi^T"".' 

the  amounts  of  their  commissions  from  Tax-Collectors,  as  prevideU 

by  law. 

Aflteuted  to  March  7  th,  1866. 

1 


iii  «erl*la  ci 


«5*  PUBLIC  LAWS.— Taxes. 

D.  H.  B.  Troup— Tax  Col«*<or8  from  whom  county  funds  bare  bee*  taken  by  \hv  public  ewuf. 

(So.  63.) 

An  Act  for  extending  timZfor  frying  Taj  of  I).  H.  B.  Trovp.  a/J  oth- 
ers similarly  dt  (fated. 

Whereas,  D.  H.  B.  Troup,  of  the  county  of  Glynn,  has  been 

prevented  from  paying  his  State  and  County  Tax,  in  consequence 

.of  the  fall  of  Savannah  into  the  hands   of  the  enemy,  he   being 

2"E  1£"h: the  representative  of  a  very  large  estate,  and  having  all  his  mon- 

w lu  &£  eye<3  arrangements  in  the  City  of  Savannah,  and  has  not  been  able 

since  the  surrender  of  the  City  to  perfect  any  other  arrangements. 

14.  Section  I.  Be  it  therefore  enacted,  &fc.,  That  the  said  D.  H. 

*ct«*w  «B,  Troup,  or  any  other  person,  or  persons  similarly  situated,  be  al- 

M^^rfin  lowed  an  extension  of  time  for  paying  such  Tax,  until  the  first  day 

of  September  next. 

Assented  to  March  4th,  1S65. 


tffcB 


•BwtColw:- 


(No.  64.) 

An  actforjhe  relief  of  Tax  Collectors  from  whom  State  ard  county  funds 
Jtaee  hem  taken  by  the  public  enemy. 

Whereas,  many  of  the  Tax  Collectors  uf  this  State  have  been 
robbed  by  Federal  soldiers,  of  money  in  their  hands  belonging  to 
the  State'and  their  respective  counties  ;  and  whereas  it  is  inconsis- 
tent with  the  policy  and  good  faith  of  the  State  to  permit  any 
of  her  citizens  to  suffer  loss  whilst  engaged  in  the  faithful  dis- 
charge  of  her  service.     Therefore, 

15.  Section  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  every  Tax  Collector  in  this 
-MM?;   State  who  has  lost  money  as  above  stated,  shall  institute  his  action 
£mhBiiiu  the  nature  of  a  complaint   against  the  State  in  the  Superior 
K«Vve Court  of  his  county  :  which  action  shall  be  tried  unless  continued 
*■*       '  for  good  cause,  at  the  first  term  of  the  Court,  by  a  special  Jury, 
who  shall  render  a  verdict  in  favor  of  said  Tax-Collector  for  the 
sum  of  money  thus  lost,  if  they  stall  find  that  it  was  lost  without 
negligence  or  blame  on  the  part  of  said  Collector;  and  shall  desig- 
nate in  said  verdict  the  amount  of  State  and  county  tax  thus  lost. 
16.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  evaded,  That  upon  the  presentation 
feiT""   of  said  verdict  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court,  to  the 
^▼^Comptroller  General,  he  shall  release  said  Tax  Collector  from  the 
Jj^'^"*  payment  of  the  State  tax  specified  therein  into  the  State  Treasury  ; 
*^  °UU>   and  upon  the  presentation  of  said   verdict  to  the  Justices  of  the 
w.  court  Tnferior  Court,  they  shall  Yelease  him  from   the  payment  of  the 

from    county -*-"   v  ►''      •     •«     i4i  i 

*»■  county  tax  specified  therein. 

17."  Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  C6mptroller  Gen- 
J&JTie-eral,  when  notified  by  a  certificate  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Superior 
®^  Court,  that  said  action  is  pending  in  his  court,  shall  not  issue  exe- 

cution for  the  taxes  so  lost,  until  said  action  is  determined  against 
said  Collector.  .. 

18.  Sec  IV.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Attorney  or  Sohci- 


PUBLIC  LAWS.— Taxes.  ?J 


30 


,  Compensation  of  Tux  RtT.oiver?  and  Collector*  inoreaKtid.— Tax-PM>erx  relieved  in  certain  cases, 

u*r  General  of  the  Circuit  it)  which  said  suit  i.i  instituted,  shall  Attoneyfc 
receive  written  notice  of  the  same  at  least  twenty  days  before  the  gJJttai 
Hitting  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  returned  ;  and  it  shall  be  his jjgjift. 
<.'nry  to  appear  and  represent  the  State  in  said  cause.  daj'*  ■"rt,B* 

.19.  Skc.  V.  Ajkd  be if  further  enacted*  That  the  provisions  of  this 
Act  shall  apply  to  all  receivers  of  public  money. 

Skc.  VI.  Repeal*  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  7th,  1S65. 

(No.  05.) 

Am  Ad  to  increase  the  compensation  of  Receiver*  of  Tax-Return*  and 
•     Tax-Collectors,  for  (he  year  1805,  and  thereafter,  vnlil  altered  by  law. 

^0.  Section  I.   The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  doTtx  ^^^ 
enehrt,  That  the  Comptroller  General    hereafter,  in  allowing  com- ,"*"*,{£}" 
missions  to  Receivers    of  Tax-Returns,  and  Tax-Col  lectors,  shall  "**ir?  ?»** 
separate  the  income  and  General  Mate  Tax,  and  treat  the  same  as™1^™^ 
two  distinct  Taxes  ;  and  that  the  Receivers  of  Tax-Returns  and  "ui.6t«. 
Tax-Collectors,  shall  be  allowed  the  same  commissions  on  each  Tax, 
t,bat  they  are   now  allowed  by  law  for  the  collection  of  Taxes  ; 
Provided,  That  where  either  the  general  State  Tax,  or  the  Income 
Tax,  exceeds,  each,  $150,000,  the   Receivers  and  Collectors  shall 
each  receive  one-fourth  of  one  per  cent  commissions,  on  such  ex- 
ocas,  over  and  above  the  commissions  now  allowed  by  law. 

Assented  to  March'ith,  IS65. 

(No.  66.) 

A".  Act  I"  relieve,  Tax-papers  from  Stair  and  county  taxes,  for  the  year 
I  8o  1,  t/i  certain  i 

•i\.  Section   I.    The  Grncnd  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do 
e»    •,  That  all    State  and  cotinty'taxes  for  the' year  1864,  which SKm*- 
have   been   paid  on  property  destroyed  or  rendered  valueless  by  p,irpI,'^4],w 
the  public  enemy,  or  by  any  casualty  of  war,  shall  be  refunded. —  "i'vi.-!!'  t'm 
Every  applicant  lor  the  benefit  of  this  section  of  this  net,  shall  pre- p;""^'^^* 

•  to  the  Inferior.  Court  oi  the  comity  where  the  property  was  by  rDCU" 
given  in,  a  sworn  schedule  of  such  property  so  destroyed  or  ren- 
dered valueless,  with  the  amount  of  tax  paid  thereon  to  the  State 
and  to  the  county  respectively,  and  the  Court  shall  examine  into 
the  correctness  of  said  schedule  by  comparison  with  the  Tax-Re? 
reiver"*  books,  and  by  evidence  touching  the  alleged  destruction  or  mi^ruu 
worthlessness  of  the  property,  resulting  from  the  cauiea  aforesaid, 
and  shall  decide  thereen. — If  the  decision  is  adverse,  the  applica- 
tion shall  be  dismissed  ;  if  favorable,  the  applicant  shail  be  entitled 
i<>  i  certificate  signed  by  as  many  as  three  members  of  the  Court, 
stating  the  amount  ol  ia\  to  he  refunded  by  the  county  ;  which 
certificate  shall  entitle  the  applicant  to  receive  the  said  amount 
from  the  county  Treasury  ;  and  the  s.iid  schedule  endorsed1  with  the 
approval  of  three  members  of  the  Court,  may  be  presented  to  the 
■  ptroller  General  and  the  Governor  for  their  revision.     II  it  is. 


PUBLIC   LAWS.— Taxes. 


T»x  Payer*  reHesed  fowi  U>e  payment  of  State  en. I  County  ?«*«»  for  I*j4,  In  ctrtttb  **.«*•*. 

affirmed  by  them,  the  Governor  shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the 
Treasury  of  the  State,  in  favor  of  the  applicant,  for  the  amouat  to 
be  refunded  by  the  State. 

22.  Sec.  II.  All  State  and  county  taxes  for  the  year  1S64,  which 
remain  yet  unpaid,  shall  be  subject  to  deduction  on  account  at' 
wid"  dedn*.%tesea  from  the  public  enemy  or  from  any  casualty  of  war.  aeeor- 
£22  oTpr^'ding  to  the  following  inles  :  Each  tax-payers  list  of  taxable  prop- 
S^rf1*3  bjrerty  as  appealing  on  the  books  uf  the  Tax-Receiver,  shall  be  re- 
formed by  discarding  therefrom  all  property  which  has  been  de- 
stroyed or  rendered  wholly  valueless  by  the  public  enemy,  or  by 
■  any  casualty  of  war  ;  and  further  reformed  by  deducting  from  the 
aggregate  taxable  value  thus  left,  the  amount  of  damage  whieh 
the  tax-payer  has  sustained  from  the  public  enemy,  or  irom  any 
casuahv  of  war,  in  partial  injuries  to  taxable  property,  and  in  par- 
tial injuries  to,  or  destruction  of  now,  taxable  property;  and  he 
shall  pay  taxes  according  to  the  return  as  thus  corrected. — The  es- 
timate of  damage  shall  be  made  on  the  basis  of  prices  as  they -were. 
in  Confederate  currency  on.  the  1st  April,  19G4  ; — Every  applicant 
for  the  benefit  of  this  section  of  this  act,  shall  present  to  the  Infe- 
■l*V'1*££*.  rior  Court  of  the  county  where  the  return  of  his  taxable  property 
is  to  be  corrected,  a  sworn  schedule  of  the  property  destroyed, 
rendered  valueless  or  partially  injured;  and  the  Court  shall  make 
examination  into  the  correctness  of  said  schedule,  and  shall  nriaRe 
a  careful  estimate  of  losses  aud  injuries,  and  of  the  amount  of  dam- 
age resulting  therefrom.  If  the  decision  rejects  the  entire  sched- 
ule, the  application  shall  be  dismissed,  but  whatever  part  thereof 
may  be  approved  by  as  many  as  three  members  of  the  Court,  shall 
be  endorsed  accordingly,  and  presented  to  the  Comptroller  Gen- 
eral and  the  Governor  for  their  approval  ; — Whatever  part  may 
be  approved  by  them,  shall  be  so  endorsed  by  them,  and  shall  be. 
deducted  by  the  Tax-Col  lector  from  the  Tax-payers  aggregate  of 
taxable  value  appearing  on  the  books  of  the  Receiver. 

2;].  Sec.  III.  If  after  correcting  the  return  of  taxable  property 
i-Artie.  m.i-iu  t]ie  manner  prescribed  in   the    2d  section  of  this  Act,   the  tax 

Me  ■<*  pay  .  *■ 

bewhoi.fitil]  due  is  more   than   the  Tax-payer  can    pay,1  without  selling 

ty  or  partit!-  ,',.  ■  <>  it 


■v  relieved'  guch  of  his  propertv  as   is   exempt  from  sale    under  execution  in 

o*i   Proper        *  i  • 

Pwfmade  favor  of  ordinary  creditors,  he  shall  be  bound  to  pay  only  so  much 
thereof  as  can  be  paid  by  other  resources;  his  inability  to  pay 
the  whole,  and  the  part  which  he  is  able  to  pay,  shall  be   verified 

j«rer.  cnurtby  his  own  oath  or  other  proof,  and  shall  be  approved  by  three 
Justices  of  'the  Inferior  Court,  who  shall  furnish  a  certificate  in 
accordance  with  their  decision  ;  and  this  certificate  shall  be  tho 
the  rule  of  settlement  for  the  Tax  Collector. 

Eeespd  21.  Sec.  IV.  Special  sessions   of  the  Inferior  Court   shall  be 

^<£dm"     held  weekly,  and    from    day  to   day,  until  all  applications  under 
thi9  act  are  determined;  Trovubd,   that   the  property   exempted 
from  taxation  by  the  several  sections  of  this  Act,  shall  include  all 
slaves  who  have  escaped  to  the  public  enemy. 
Sec.  V.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March  3d,  1865. 


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i\h;t   u. 


LOCAL  A.\D    PRIVATE   LAWS, 

Titles  I.— CITIES   AND  TOWNS. 
'«      II.— COIti  ORATIONS, 
ii      1 1  r.— COUNTY  LINKS, 
"      IV.— It  .-LIEF. 
••      Y.— TANKS. 


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PART  II  LOCAL  AND  PRIYATE  LAWS. 
TITLE    I. 


ClTtBS  AND  TOWN'S. 


1.  Tbe  Act  incorporating  fort  Valley 
amended.  Commission*'*  Invested 
with  full  power  to  ieguiate  retail  oi 
liquor*.  Power  given  to  control  li 
cciiM's  and  impose  penalties. 

J.  Aldermen  of  Mill.-dijc.ville  in  future 
elected  by  general  ticket. 

3  Corporate  limits  of  the  town  of  lVm 
changed. 

4.  Tlie  town  of  Reynolds  in  Taylor  coun- 

ty incorporated:    Commissioners. 

5.  Fire  Commissioners  to  l>e  elected  an 

nually.    Qualification of  voters. 


Sn  .  «;.  Oall  of  Ci  n.iT,i.-.-ic.ners. 
"     7    T'owt  if  of  ConiunnHioiiei'S. 
"     8.  Street  duty  to  be  done,  and  who 

liable. 
'    9.  I/miited  taxes  may  be  imposed. 
•    10.  Charter  of  Sparta  so  amended  is  to 
pive  ComtniMiooera  power  to  refuse 
retad  Ueonsea. 
'     1 1'.  Legalises  election  of  town  Commis- 
si a  of  Madison. 


(No.  67.) 

An  Ad  to  niter  and  amend  an  act  incorporating  the  fount  of  Fori 
Valley  w  the  county  of  Houston,  so  as  to  invest  the  Commissioner* 
rv"  said  town  with  full  power  to  regulate  or  prohibit  thr  retail  of  spir- 
ituous liquors  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  same. 

1.  Section  I.  Be  it  etuutpd,  4*.,   That    from  and   after   the  pas-^ 
of  this  Act,  the  act  incorporating  the   town   bf  Fort  \  alli'v-.v;,^,!^ 
m  the  county  of  Houston,  shall  be    so   amended  as  to   invest  the  „.*«,/. 
1'uU  newer  and  authority  in    the    Commissioners  etect,  and  thfir  ,,,„„;,.  „r 
successors  in  office,  to  pass  any  ordinance  regulating  the  retail  -tw 


poW 


►•uirituous  liquors  within   the'eorporate  limits  oi  said  town ;  and  :.,.„..,„,,  n, 

that  they  have  power  to  grant,  or  withhold  license,  and  to  charge  ^ ■  ^ 
I'sumsfor  the  granting  thereof,  as  to  them  shall  be  deemed to7onrtrSf»- 
i.  and  proper,  and    to  impose  such   penalties   for    violations  ^.p,"^.. 

liferent,  as   sh 'ill    not   be  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution  and •?* 

laws   of  this  State. 
Safe.  II.  Repeals  conflicting. laws. 

Assented  :<>  March  7,    li 

(No.  6S.) 
An  An  to  amend  the   Charter  and  corporat't  laws  of  the  City  oj  Mil- 

l,,j,.    •  .  in    the,  "  CtMg    Aldrim-v 

Section  I.   Tin  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That  from  •'""1  *l 
ter  the  passage  of  this  Act,  in  all  hi tu re  elections  of  A'dtrmtL- 
!or  the  City  of  Milledgevflle,  tbe  same  shall  be   elettcd  by  gen- 
eral ticket,  and  not  b  is  now  done;  and  thai  the  qu 
lication  of  voters  shall  remain  as  now  existing. 

Bsc.  11.  Etepeala  conflicting  la. 

Assented  to  Mare h   7th.  186 


■MS    III 

inri) 

••»<rfcl 


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76  LOCAL  AND  PRIVATE    LAWS.— CiTitt*  and  Towns. 

Corp&r&te  limit*  of  the  town  of  Perry  flusnj^J— ftajruoUu  in.  <irporaf*<i. 
"t  (No.  09.) 

An  act  to  alter  an  champ  the  corporate  limits  of  the  town  of  Ptrryfai  th.e 
County  of  Houston. 

3.  Section.  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That  from  and  after  the  passage 
nSP??  th«  of  this Act;*  that  "Fannie  Gresham  Branch"  shall  be  the  Jvorti* 
TlhLltj.  Western    boundary  of  the  town  of  Terry,    instead  of  Big  Iadmi 

Creek. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  7th,  lSt;.r>. 

(No.  70.) 

An  act  to  incorporate  (he  town  of  Reynolds  in  the  County  of  Taylor,  And 
for  other  purpose*. 

4.  'Section,  I.  The  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That  that   the 
.town  of  Reynolds  in   the    County  of  Taylor,  be,  and  the    same  is 

1  lit   \i\vrn   or  *  it  i  i  •        •  i       i  i 

ReyjHndi,  iU  hereby  incorporated,  and  that  the  corporate  limits  shall  extend  sa 
ty  in»^r.H  to  embrace  lot  of  land  no  -274,  upon  which  said  town  is  situated  ;. 
and  that  Bryant  Ingram,  Alfred  Coleman,  H.  H.  Long,  Henry 
CoBKiwien -  Hodges  a\n d  W.  II.  Christopher,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  appoint- 
ed a  Board  of  Commissioners  for  said  town,  who  shall  hold  their 
office  until  the  first  Monday  in  January  ]S66,  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  elected  and  qualified. 

5.  Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  on  the  first  Monday  in 
^^-^  January  of  each  year,  all  the  citizens  who  shall  be  entitled  to  yote 
•,"unn7iied  l°r  members  of  the  Legislature,  residing  in  said  town,  shall  be  en- 
^Tr ' TH<!t e r * f ' ° n  titled  to  elect  five  Commissioners,  which  election  may  be  held   by 

any  two  freeholders  residing  in  said  town. 

(').  Sec.  III.  Be  it  fur/her  enacted.  That  said  Commissioners  shall 
Oitho'co*-,  take  an  oath,  to  faithfnlly  discharge  their   duties,  before   entering 
on  the  duties  of  their  office,  before  any  officer  legally  authorised  to 
administer  oaths. 

7.  Sec.  IV.  Be  Uja'rther  enacted,  That  said  Commissioners  shall 
Powtrt  of    have  power  to  pass  all  laws  and  ordinances  necessary  for  the  gor- 

eminent  of  said  town,  to  regulate  the  retail  of    spmiuous  liquors 
in  the  same,  and  to  appoint  a  Marshal  and  other  necessary  officers. 

8.  Sec.  V.  Beit  further  enacted^  That  all  persons  within  the  Cor- 
?otr»*  «i.^typorate  limits  of  said  town  liable  to  road  duty,  shall  be  compelled 
!ubi«wh*  "'*  when  required,  to  work  the  streets. 

9.  Sec.  VI.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Commissioners  shall 
j/„mi«i  i*x  have  power  to  levy  a  sufficient  tax  on  the  persons  and  property  in 
po^4S  *""'the  Corporate  limits  of  said  town,  to  defray  the   necessary  expen- 
ses of  said  Corporation,  not  to  exceed  fifty  per  cent  on  the  State  tax. 

Sec.  VII.  AH  conflicting  laws  are  hereby  repealed. 

Assented  to  March  11,  thl865. 


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LOCAL    AND  PRIVATE   LAWS.— Cokforatioxs. 


Sparta — 3f  Miaou — Mettupnlitau  Telegraph  Coarpmry  incorporated. 


(.No.  71.) 
An  acJ  u>  amend  the.  Charier  of  the  town  nf  Spuria,  in  und  Staid 

10.  Srccnox  I.  Be   ie    enacted    by  tht    General    Assembly   of  the0*****?  »f 
Slate  of'  Georgia,  That  the  Charter  of  the  town  ofSftferta,  in    said  ■""««•<''  »• 

L  J    »l  11  ii  ,  ■  ^  »•>  give  Com- 

itate, be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  so  amemded,  as  to  give  to  Com-BbAmd 

missioners  ot  said  town,  the  power    to    refuse  to  grant  license  for^wWtui 

the  retail  of  spirituous  liquors,  within   the  corporate   limits  of  Mid 

Sec.  1L  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  7th,  iS<>">. 

(No.  72.) 

An  act  to  legalize  the  election  of  Commissioner*  fur  the  town  of  Madison, 
'held  on  the  tenth  day  oj ' 'December,  in  the  .year  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty  four. 

11.  Sec.  I.   The  General  Assembly  do,  enact  as  follows;  The    el€C*£,e«M«M 
juon  of  live  Commissioners  for  the  town  of  Madison,   in  this  State,  te(|'!"!i '(">.*.' 
keld  on  tlif  tenth  day  of  December,  tn  the  year  eighteen  hundred  EJUSS**0* 
«yrid  sixty-four,  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-live,  shall 

be  a£  valid  in  all  respects,  as  if  the  same  had    been' held  according 
to  the  provisions  of  the  amended  Charter  o/'said  town. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  4th;  IS65. 


TITLE    II. 


CORPORATIONS. 

f'*<     1    M ttropolitaa  Telegraph   Company  in  !  "     5.  Liability  oil  gtock  holders. 

rorporated.  *'    6.  Officers  ami  employees,  exempt  tVum 
-     •  (rom.Maoon  by  way  oi  Milledgfe  military,  patrol  and  Jury  duty. 

rille,  8parta  &.C.,  to  Augosta.  (  ••    7.  Entitled  to  privileges  of  Act  of  z9tb  ol 

Capital    stock    may    \<?  divided  into  Deft.  lSfC.  on  condition* 

•bare*,  an<i  traiwferrabte.  S.  Of  force  al  once.    Limitation  nil')  ■ 

•'    i    Board  of  Directors  shall  hove  inauge  '  tn. 

meal 

(No.  ?'{.) 

An  mi  in  incorporate  the  Metropolitan    Tulegraph  Company,  and  for  oth- 
er purposes  therein  men/toned. 

I.  Sk.(  nON  I.   Be  U  enacted  by  live  General  Assembly,  That  John  C. 
Butler,  L.   Carrington,  A.  W.  Calloway  and  their   associates  and 
successors,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  created,  a  body    politic  &u?£*h*a 
and    corporate,  by  the    name,    and    style,    of  "The  Metropolitan  £££&!* 
Telegraph  Company."  and  by  that  name,  may  sue  and  be  sued  ; 

make  contracts  ;  have  and  use  a  common  seal;  and  establish  by 
laws,  not  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  this*  State, 
cr  of  the  Confederate  States. 

II.  Sec.  II.  He  it  further  enacted,  Thai  said  Company  shall  b< 


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78  LOCAL   AND  PRIVATE  LAWS.— Cobpobatiows. 


Metropolitan  Tel^raph  Cempauy  Incorporated. 


Capital  stwk 
maybe   dt-      pan\ 


Ma*£nb0m  authorized  to  establish,  construct  and  manage,  use  and  control,  ;i 
^r^jWline  or  lines  of  Magnetic  Telegraph,  from  the  city  of  Macon  in 
spirtT  &.,  this  State,  by  way  of  Milledgeville,  Sparta  and  Warrentou,  to 
oe»-  the  city  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

.  Sec.  III.  Be  it  fur  (her  enacted,  That  the  capital  of  said  Com- 
y  shall  be  divided  into  shares,  as    the  by-laws   may  provide, 
3Si*5i    tran'sferrable  according  to  said  by-laws,  and  shall  be  of  such  amount 
tr»M»errebi-lag  may  actually    be  required  for  the  line  or   lines  of  Telegraph 

actually  erected  by  them. 
Bo^  cfDi-      *•  Sec.  IV.    Be  it  farther  can ctcd,  That  said  Company  shall  be 
h^0JJ«S!  managed  by  a  Board  of  Directors,  elected  according  to  their  by- 
ment         laws,  who  shall  hold  their  meetings,  and  keep  their  principal  of- 
fice at  such  plaee,  as  the  Stockholders,  at  their  first  meeting,  may  • 
elect. 
Lbttibror        '*•  ^EC"  X*  Beit  further  enacted.  That  the   Stockholders  of  said 
tUKkW4<g».  Company  for  the  time  being,  shall  be,  jointly  and  severally  liable, 
for  all  the  debts  contracted  and  purchases  made  by  the  Company, 
officers  «nd      G.  Sec.  VI.  Be  it further  enacted,  That  all  Telegraph  Operators 
rXpf'from  .nu|  officers,  actually  employed  as  such  by  said  Company,  shall  be 

military,  „     '  . , .  J  ,        i  j     •  1     i  l        •  1  i 

patrol  and    exempt  from   military,  patrol  and   jury  duty,  during  such  actual 

Jury    duty.  >■  "       •  ^  '-' 

employment. 

7.  Sec.  VII.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Company  shall  be 
prilu?i>  oi  entitled  to  the  privileges,    and  subject  to  all  the  restrictions  pro- 

>rf,*9iM701vided  for  by  an  Act  to  authorize  the  construction  of  the  Magnetic 
"Telegraph,  approved  on  the  twenty-ninth  of  December,  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-seven  ;  Provided,  that  the  charter  herein  grant- 
ed shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to    interfere  with   the  chartered 
rights  of  other  Telegraph  Companies. 

8.  Sec.  VIII.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  go  into 
effect  from  and  immediately  after  its  passage;  and  that  the  char- 

Mroiteifotiofter  herein   granted,  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  for  the  period 

Charter.  3  ,.  ....         ,D  * 

of  thirty  years. 

Assented  to  March  4th,  180-3. 


I>eor. 

»u  condition 


Of    for  « 


LOCAL  AND  PRIVATE  LAWS.— Cousrr  Loses.  79 

liur-i   Lw-twocn  Coweta  aad  Heard  obaa^ed. — Randolph  ami  Calheua.— Wayse  ai>a  Pierwe- 

TITLE  III. 


COUNTY  LINKS. 

.Sec.  l.Reeetahiishex County  Jice between  CoW-iSec    5.  County  line    between   Ciiailahooctx-* 
eta  and  Heard.  and  Stewaii  changed. 

"    2.  Repeals  Act  of  18th' Dec.  1863,  c hang-  "     G.  Residence  of  Snm'l  Hart,  included  ia 
iug  County  line  between  Randolph  Warren  county, 

and  Cnl'inuu.  ,  "    ~.  Repeals  Act  of  Deo. SOth,  1860,  chang 

"    3.  County  line  between  Wayne  &  Pierce  ing  County  lines,  as  to  certain  lots  m 

changed.  Co 

•1    County  line  between  Meriwether. and  "     S    Change  of  Coi  ••   ru- 

Coweta  ••ii>inrfi  i.  :i-  to  resideni  l«-ki  and  Telfair. 

it.  v.  inn 

(No.   7  4.) 

An  Act  to  repeal  an  act,  entitled,  "  An    Act  i  the  lines  between 

the  counties  of  Marion  and  Taylor,  and  ike  county  lines  »f  ( '•oiceta  and 
fliariL"  assented/ to  December  (ioenty-sevcnth,(Q7,)  eighteen  hundred. 
and  fifty-seven,  f^l  S-"i7,^   so  fat   as  relates  to  the  Vhtc  between 

CoWetU    and    Heard. 

1.  Section   I.   The  General  Assemlfly  do  enact,  That  all  that  por- ,';;,  " 
tion  of  the  above   recited  Act  which  changes  the  county  line  bo- 

tween  Coweta  and  Heard.  1><\  an d  the  same  is  hereby  repealed.       M*l*  ,''*rd- 
Assented  to  March  4th,  l^(>-r>. 

(No.  7-3.) 

An  Act  to  repeal  a<i  act,  assented  to  April  the  l*'h,  ,  l^fiM.  entitled  a- 
an  act  let  change  the'  line,  between  the  counties  of  Randolph  and   Cal- 
houn, so  as  to  embrace  in  the  county  of  Randolph,  tots  of  la  ml  nvmben 
210,211,  2i6,  and  247,  in  the  oth    District,  of  originally  Lee.  „ 
Calhoun,  in  tlu  county  of  Randolph. 

2.  Sr.<  riQN   I.    The  Genearl  Assembly  ot  the  Stair  of  Georg'm  dp.  en* orTaa W, 

act.  That  the  above  recite  I  act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repeal- u»<  wuti 

■  '  -mil* 

ed.  ha^v 

SRC   II.   lleptjals  conflicting  laws. 

■    Assented  to  March  " .  1865. 


r  ,*»-  -..i 


(^o.  76.) 
!•/.!>.  t*  ■"  / 

3,  Section    I.    7       i  I     mbhjdocnict.  That  fr.oni  and  im- 

mediately after  the  passage  ol  this  act,  the  line  between  the  <,",m- ;_,;^  *•* 
ties  ofWayue  and  Pierce,  shall  be  so  altered,   is^to  ii 
land   numbers   277  and  222,  the  property  of  James  S.  yeoman 
andoa  \fliirh  said  feomans  now  resides,  in  the  county  ol  I 
any  law,  usage  or  custom  to  the  contrary  i  tamling. 

n  ted  to  March  1th,  IS 


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8t  LOCAL  AND  PRIVATE  LAWS.— County  Line*?, 


Merrivrether  *n<i  CWtWa— Cfcfcttato6w**e  ami  SfeirSrt— 6t«Mft»cft  and   Wftrrea. 

(No.  77.) 

An  Act  1a' change  the  tint  between  the  counties  of  Meriwether  and  Coweta., 

so  as  to  include  tJie  residence  of  B.  P.  Uiil.  in  the  latter. 

• 

4-.  Section  L  Tie  Qeneral  Assembly of  the. State  of  Georgia  do  i ,,- 
&t»«lil!"ac/,  That  the  Hue  between  the  counties  of  Meriwether  and  Cowe- 
«S"c'w'tat»,  be  so  changed,  as  to  include  within  the  comity  of  Coweta,  the 
£*%&*£ residence  of  Burwell  P.  Hill  :  Provided,  That  said  Burwell  P.  Hill 
"'  E  *'     '  shall  continue  to  pay   his  tax  in  the  county   of  Meriwether,  upon 

all  property  lying  within  said  county  of  Meriwether,  not  by  this 

act  included  in  the  county  of  Coweta. 

Assented  to  March  4th,   1SG5. 

(No.  ?sr> 

An  Act  to  change  the  line  between  ihr  counties  <>/  Chetttahoocliet  and  Stew- 
ari — an(f.  (,lso  to  <luiH'r<'  ill'-  line  betwen  the  comities  of  Glasscoclc  and 
Warren. 

-3.  SECTION  I.    Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
LetweJu1  lin<"  Georgia,  That  the  line  between  the  counties  of  Chattahoochee  and 
Jwffi*""    Stewart,  be  changed,  so  as  to  include  in  the  county  of  Chattahoo- 
*!S£.      chee,  lot  of  land,  number  eighteen  (IS,)  thirty-third  district,  inclu- 
ding the  residence  of  William  V.  Collier ;  lot  number  twenty-nine 
(•29,)  thirty-third  district,    including  the  residence  of  R.  I>  Syze- 
more;  lot  number  fourteen  (ti,)  including  the  residence  of  E.  O. 
Brown;  and    lot    number  one  hundred  arid  four  (L04,)  including 
the  residence  df  Ross  Lowe,  each  ofs'aid  lots  of  land  lying  adjoin- 
ing the  county  line  of  Chattahoochee. 

6.  Sec' II.  And  br  it  further* enacted,  That  the  county  line  be- 
R,,irtnU,T  ortween  Glasscock  and  Warren,  be  changed,  so  as  to  include  the  resr 
ineta4«i  *i»idence  and  premises  of  Samuel  Hart,  in  Warren  county, 
warm.*.™      g^    ^    Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March  1,  IS65. 

(No.    79*) 

An,  Act  to  repeal  so  muck  of  the  first,  section  of  an,  net,  entitled,  An  Ail 
to  change  the  line  bdirceu  certain  counties  therein  mentioned,  and  for 
other  fur  [loses,  assented  to  December  20th,  1SG0,  as  relates  to  lots  of 
land  numbers  111  and  115,  in  the ■  fourth  district,  of  originally  Let 
county. 

7.  .Section  1.  BeU' enacted  by,  the  Gch  rat  Assembly  of  the  Stale  oj 
^t  Georgia,  That  so  much  of  the  first  section  of  the  above  recited 

.iV""'  Act.lis  relates  to  lots  of  land  numbers  114  and  115,  in  the  4th  dis- 
:,TolJccfe  trict  of  originally  Lee  county,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  ^repealed. 
Ll!.,fltc"i"»ty.      Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  March,  11th  ISOo. 


*f  Dec 


i  . 


LOCAL  AND   PRIVATE  LAWS.— Belief.  SL 

Exiles  from  Uie  of  city   of  Atlanta. 

(No.  SO.) 

An  Act  to  change  ih<  line  between  tfe  counties  of  PulaSki  and  Tdjdir. 

S.  Section  I.  Be  it.  enacted,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of 
this  act,  the  lino   between  the  counties  oi  Pulaski  and  Telfair,  be L'^y  \\°U 
§6  ehanged,  a#  to  add  lot,  ot  land   number  two  hundred  and  forty- lukiwfc 
one,  (241,)  in  the  fourteenth  (14)  district,  oMVl far  county,  to  the  ' 
county    ot  Pulaski,  it  being  the  residence   and  premises  of  . lames 
Humphrey-. 

Sec  11.  Repeals  conflicting  lawp. 

Assented  to  March  4th.  ISlio. 


TITLE  IV. 


ItELIEF. 


r-'Sec.  :t.  i:                                 ■      I        t  lourt  of 

,-il  .                   ;  ■!,.,%  iding   l'»"i  ■  i                           these  <  \\i< ■»■ 

fer  for  At  lanl  R<    triciii>n  on  tunounl  Ip  be„drawn 
I  ■■  i-  mtinuer)  for  pre- 

■  ■- 1     i ;  •  * 
iu  i!  -.■-■ 


(No.  SI.) 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  nvuporl  an*}  main/.'  nana  •>/  certain  cjcil'tsjrom 
■  i!>j  of,  Atlanta,  and  for  other  yuryous. 

Wiieiika.s,  After  th*1  occupation  of  the  city  of  Atlanta,  by  the 
federal  army,  by  an  inhuman  order  of  General  Sherman,  the1  in- 
habUautsbf  said  city  were  driven  from  their  homes,  many  of  whom,, 
were  the  widows,  wives  and  children  ot  soldiers  in  indigent  cir- 
cumstances, without  an y  means ol  subsistence;  And.  whereas;  l>v  or- 
der of  II.  the  Governor*  said  persons  thus  exijed  from 
home,  taken  to  the  I  Dawson,  in  Terrell  county,  by 
the  Quat  al,  who  id  to  be  estab- 
lished and  cabins  to  be  erected  for  their  shelter,  a  .  o  be 
provided  for  their  support,  their  nci  so  , 
not  t<>  udmii  ":  delay  i 

1.  Sectio:     I.    II       tin refme  > nnctcd,  A' •■    '  tiou  of  the 

rtermaster  General. no  relation    to  the   expenditures  made  for 

the  beiieht.  supporl  and  maintenance  i>l  hereby  rati- 

ii  •  •  *i    i 

tied  and  approved;  and  said  Quartet  '  ntitled  to 

;i  credit  for  the  same. 

2.  Sei  .  II.   I>    itfiit  I  er- 
..I  is  hi  reby  authorized  to  col  tiuue  to  provide  1-t  thee  ipporl  and 


82  LOCAL  AND  PRIVATE  LAWS.— Taxes. 

Citizens  and  Tax-payers  of  Marietta,  . 


s?m»pro.  maintenance  of  said  exiles,  or  such  of  them  as  are  unable  by  their 
'inunucd r«r labor  to  support  themselves  and  families,  for  the  balance  of  the 
prese«t  yew  preset]t  year.  au(\  8nal]  have  power  and  authority  to  draw  on  the 
Si  h0B funds  of  his  department,  for  that  purpose;  and  shall  keep  correct 
Report  to  be  accounts  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  said  exile  camp,  and 
Smfai'  "t^make  report  thereof  to  the  Governor,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  lay 

the  same  before  the  General  Assembly  at  the  next  annual  session. 
3.  Sec.  III.  Be  k  further  enocledx  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
.telol  the  Inferior  Court  of  the  county  of  Terrell,  in  making  their  re- 
of  T»rre°ii r'  turns  to  the  Governor,  of  soldiers'  families  entitled  to  participate 
braced"'  in  the  appropriation  made  for  their  support,  to  include  those  be- 
"""'         longing  to  said  exile  camp;  and  the  aggregate  amount  due  them 

shall  be  paid  over  to  the  Quartermaster  General,  and  make  a  part 
Kcitriotum  of  the  fund  for  the  support  of  said  exiles ;  an  J  if  the  same,  together 
£™« '•'<' h|j  with  what  they  can  procure  or  make  by  their  own  labor,  shall  be 

sufficient  for  their  support,  then  they  shall  not  be  entitled  to  draw 

any  thing  further  from  the  Quartermaster  General. 
Sec.  IV.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Approved  March  11th, -186-3. 


TITLE  V. 


TAXES. 

Sec.  1.  City  taxation  iu  Marietta1,  li  nited  duringthe  war. 

(No..S2.) 

An  Acl  to  limit,  the  Tax  to  be  imposed  upon  the  citizens  and  Tax-pat/crs 
ofthteitij  of  Marietta,  in  said  State. 

1    Section  I.   The  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That  from  and  af- 
,t,  *jaL  ter  the  passage  of  this  act,  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  Mayor  and 
"\".irid«  Council  of  the  city  of  Marietta  in  said  State,  to  levy  and  collect  a 
£*.  war.tax  Qn  the  citizens  and  tax-payers  of  said  city,  exceeding  one-for- 
tieth of  one   per  cent.,  and  that  this  Act  shall  continue  and  be  m 
force  only  for  and  during  the  ptesent  war. 
Assented  to  March  4th,  1865. 


RESOLUTIONS 

ADOPTED   BY 

THE    SENATE 

AND 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES, 

OF   TItE 

STAT  E    OF    GEORGIA, 

(VDOrUED  AT  THE  CALLED  SESSION  OK  THE  GEXERAT.  ASSEMBLY^  HEED 
AT  MACON,  IX  FEBRUARY  AM)  MARCH,   1865. 


NO.  1  I  Hon  uf  Military  lo  Civil  au-  2so. 

i  iio- 
No.  15.  purpose    to    pro3eente  the  No. 

war.    Army  to  be  informed, 
nesiiu^  •■  pealoi  < 
No.  E.  Reap  ry  of  Maj.  GenTNq, 

W.  li.  T.  Walk 

.  for  giving  in  Tax  in  cer- 
tain sections. 
fcjo;  1''    Thank;  I  >  .Militia  and  State  Line  for  No. 
Sen 
Gov.  requested  to  make  arrangements  No. 
tb  different  Rail  Roads  to  trans-] 
pOrt  corn  on  state  trains.  No. 

immenda  construction  of  Rail  Road 
between  Albany  and  Thonrasyille.     No. 
of  Taxes  in 

No 
iinvneudstliat  certificates  for  jn-op 
ivernment  aj 

No. 
■■;'  Tai-in-ki 

:■]. 

not  furiii>li 
Nov.  1863 

:  ■ 


Joint  Committee  appointed  toexamin 
Penitentiary. 

fi  iv  authorized  to  sell  all  surplus  ma- 
terials about  Penitentiary,  to  pay 
debts  and  make  repairs. 

Committee  appointed  to  investigate 
charges  against  state  Commissary 
General's  Dep't.  Also,  to  examine 
Qu&r.  Master  Gen'ls  Dept. 

Establishment  of  picket  line,  to  pie 
vent  escape  of  slaves. 

State  Treasurer  authorized  to  rent  an 
office  in  Mann. 

In  reference  to  pay  of  Members  and 
Officers  of  Gen'l  Assembly. 

Officers  of  Gen'l  Assembly  ajlovred  tj 
purchase  cotton  cards. " 

Requesting  suspension  of  order  to  re- 
move iron  from  Macon  &  Brunswick 
R   K. 

Distribution  of  educational  fund  of  1884 


Appropriation  for  support  ol 
children  of  Union  Soi  iety  Chath 


ISO 


Mail  nmte  recomirti 
urnisheJ  ch 


on   or  mil'- 


(No.   14.) 
- '        ''  ;<  'of' the  St  <  \lve,  1  <t.  That 

n  of  the  Military  to  the  civil  power, ill  all  places  whi 

be  civil  law  is  not  displaced  by  the  presence  or  53 
view  le  public  enemy,  is  a  fundamental   principle  of  civil 

liberty. 

ommandauta  of  Posts  and  Provost  Marsha  -  s-TK 

itnonty  outsideot  Army  lines,  over  citi  :ens  unconnected  with"' ; 

Hi"  Army,  are  officers  unknown  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of^r,.pjr.TMt 

the  Confederate  States  ;  and  that  these   illegitimate  offices,  while d" 

serving  as  a  refuge  from  Military  service  to   a  large  class  of  at- "■' 


84  RESOLUTIONS. 


Resolution  relative  to  the  prosecution  of  the  war.— Voluntary  Enlistments. 


tachces  and  supporting  forces,  are  agrevious  vexation  to  citizens  in 
pursuit  of  their  lawful  business,  and  are  rendered  unnecessary  froni 
the  fact,  that  the  functions  performed  by  these  persons  belong 
to  the  enrolling  officers  whose  appointment,  and  duties  are  prescri- 
bed by  law. 

3rd,  That  the  action  of 'Lieutenant  General  Richard  Taylor  in 
«4nTI'Ta)io,  abolishing  these  illegal   ajtd  obnoxious  offices  within  his  Military 
District,  meets  our  cordial  approval,  and  commends   itself  to  the 
imitation  of  all  our  Military  authorities. 

<tih,  That  His  Excellency  the   Governor  is  requested  to  send  a 
tioS.  touu'copy  of  these  resolutions  to  the  commanding  General  of  this  Mili- 
tomardod.  .^  iXstrict,  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  to  the  President  of  the 
( 'onfederate  States. 

Approved  March  9th,  1.S65. 

(No.   15.) 

A  Resolution  requesting  the  Governor  to  forward  a  copy  of  the  resolutions, 
'■  reneiving  the  assurances  of  Georgia  to  her  siste?  States  to  prosecute 
the  war  until  Independence  is  achieved  and  Liberty  won'",  to  each  Brig- 
ade, commander  from  Georgia. 

SSStoTfor     Rtsolved,  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  cause  a  copy  ei'rhe 
BrTglde  com  resolutions  pledging  the  resources  of  the  State  for  the  prosecution 
otordgeiaflde°of  the  war,*  to   be  forwarded    to   each  Brigade  commander,  from 
Klur^eGeorgiainthe  Army.    - 
£epwareoute     Assented  to  March  9,  1 SG-5. 

'For  resolutions!  to  be  forwarded  see  Pain.  Acts  of  18G3,  y.  104 — 10,*. 

(No.  16.) 

Whereas,  In  the  present  struggle  for  Independence,  every 
agency  should  be  employed  to  recruit  our  armies  by  encouraging 
voluntary  enlistments  in  the  same  :  and  believing  as  we  do,  that 
many  of  the  citizens  of  this  State,,  who  are  now  out  of  service, 
would  willingly  enlist  in  the  same,  if  allowed  to  volunteer  in  or- 
ganizations of  their  own  choice  : 

Therefore,  he  it  resolved  by  the.  General  Assembly.,  Thai  our  d<'!ega- 

jiequcBtu*   tion  in  Congress  be  requested  to  favor  the  passage  of  a  law  repeal? 

Mrieptlo°D  Acting  the  Conscription  Act,  and  authorizing  the  President  of  the 
Confederate  States  to  accept  Battalions  and  Regiments  so  organi- 
zed, under  officers  of  their  own  selection,  for  service  during  the  war, 
Provided,  That  the  Act  to  repeal  the  Conscript  law,  to  obviate  all 

pro,i*,  doubts  upon  the  subject,  should  contain  an  express  proviso,  that 
it  shall  not  relieve  or  take  out  of  service  any  organizaiior.s  in  the 
service. 

Approved  March  II,  J 860. 


RESOLUTIONS.  8* 


Uesolution?  relative  to  Mnj.  Qrn.  W.  H.  T.  JValker.— Time  for  roturniu-  the  tnx  extended. 


(No.  17.) 
Resolutions  relatic,  to  the  lute  Maj.  General  W.  II.  T.  Walker. 

Resolvedly  the   General   Assembly  of  Geargia,  That,  as  eminei 
public  services  deserve  public  recognition,  and  as  the  wealth  of  a 
State  is  found  in  the  virtues  of  her  sons,  it  is  becoming  on  fitting 
occasions  to  pay  tribute   to  ivorth,  and  to  proclaim  for  emulation 
noble  deeds  ;    TJterefurc,  The  Senate  and  House  ot  .Representatives  ^%Zll'ln4 
of  Georgia  take  this  opportunity  of  recording,  publicly,  their  esti-  SSoU.  h. 
,    mation  of,  and: gratitude  for»  the   eminent  Military  services  of  the  T  Wa"",r' 
distinguished  veteran,  Major  General  \V.  H;  T.  Walker,  of  Rich- 
mond county  Georgia,  who,  during  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
.  tury  of  active   .Military  life,  illustrated  by  his  gallantry  and  skill, 
the  character  of  his  native  State,  and  shedding  freely  his  blood  in 
his  country's  cause,  on  the  ensanguined  fields  of  Florida  and  Mexi- 
co, finally  yielded  up  his  life  as  a  sacrifice  on  the  altar  of  Patriotism 
at  Atlanta,  in  defence  of  tin-  sacred    rights  a;:d  liberty  of  his  own 
beloved  Georgia. 

2wa,  Ucsoleed,  That  among  the  proud,  though  melancholy  mem- 
-  ories  of  this  desolating  struggle,  none  will  be  cherished  with  more 
affection,  and  treasured  with  more  jealous  care  by  the  people  of. 
Georgia,  thai'  tin'  unsuJIjeH  name  and  distinguished  fame  of  this 
gallant  warrior,  who  lived  and  died  without  fear,  and  without  re- 
p  roach. 

3rd,    '  '.   Thai    a  copy  of  these  resolutions,  appropriately  ,;,„.Anior  to 

grossed  up       parchment.  and*duly   certified,  be  transmitted  by !;'.;,oJutioMP7 
the  (Jove!..  .  the  bereaved  widow,  as  an  expression  of  the  sym-™1;; 

,   pathy  of  the  people  of  Georgia,  in  their  and  her  irreparable  loss.    ^'■^'i- 
i  !>rh.  I  • 

(No;lS.) 

A  I  •'  .1  i!a:  iimi  for  returning;  th     To  i  m 

Whereas,  In  many  sections  of  this  State,  persons  have  been 
preveoted  from  giving  in  their  Taxes  ibr  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  six  y-four,  by  reason  of  the  public  enemy  overrunning  or 
threatening  ;ionsof  the  State,  or  by  reason «of  such  per* 

sons  having  been  driven  from  their  homes  by  the  proximity  ot  the 
enemy  ; 

Therefore,  iked  Inj  the  General  Assembly,  That  in  all  c  . 

where  persons  have  been  prevented  from  giving  in  their  Taxes  for 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  by  reason  of  the  public  Jfi&^S* 
enemy  overrunning  or  threatening  the  sections  of  country  where 
such  persons  reside;  or  where  such  persons  have  been  driven  I 
their  homes  by   reason  of  the  proximity  of  the  Public  enemy,  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  all  persons  -  h  to  give  in  the 

for  the  year  L864,  within  the  same  time  that  shall  be  allow,  d  for 
giving  in  o  return  of  the  Taxes  for  the  pn  and 


*C  RESOLUTIONS. 


Thanks  to  Georgia  Militia  and  Georgia  Skate  Line.—  Trains  of  Western  t  Atlantic  Kailroaii. 


pr.^t7  tortin  all  cases,  where  such  persons  have,  had  property  lost  or  destroy- 
*»t u«b°eed  ed  by  the  public  enemy,  or  by  any  casualty  of  war,  since  the  first 
of  April  1864,  such  persons  shall  not  be  bonnd  to  give  such  lost  or 
destroyed  property  ;  and  the  act  entitled  an  act  to  exempt  certain  . 
lands  from  taxation,  assented  to  November  30,  1S63,  shall  apply  to 
all  persons  who  have  been  driven  from  their  homes  by  the  public 
enemy  during  the  year  1864. 
Assented  to  March  11,  1SG5. 

(No.  19.) 

Resolution  of  tltarJis  to the  Georgia  Militia  and  Georgia  State  Linr  for 
gallant  conduct. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General   As- 
Tccoer  of    scmbbj  met,  That  the  thanks  of  the  State  are  due,  and   are  hereby 
S„dht  tendered,  to   General  G.   W.  Smith,  and  to  the  /Officers  and  men 
$£'  )oratgea:- composing  the  first  Division  of  Georgia  Militia  ;  and  to  the  officers 
;JDt  *?<*•'•  an(j  men.  of  the  Georgia  State  Line,  for  their  conspicuous  gallant- 
rv  at  Griswoldville  in  this  State  ;  and  especially,  for  their  unselfish 
patriotism  in  leaving  their  State,  and  meowing  the  enemy  in  the 
memorable  and  well-fought  battle-field   al    Buney  Hill  in    South 
Carolina.     The  State  with  pride  records  thi's  gallant  conduct  of her 
Militia,  and  feels   assured   that  when,  an*  emergency.  again>atis'e'8, 
State  lines  will  be  forgotten  by  her  Militia,  and  a  patriotism  ex- 
hibited which  knows  nothing  but  our  whole  country^ 
Conj  resoiu-      Resolved,  That    His  Excellency  the   Governor  be  requested  to 
ftJnf.b'ed6    transmit  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  to  General  G.  W.Smith,  witli 
sm«h°'amVa  request  that  they  be  read  to  all  the  troops  under  his  command. 
ki(t*":,wl      Approved  March  9,  18G5. 

(No  20.) 

Resolution  relative  to  running  the  trains  of  the  Western  and  Atlantic 
Rail  Road  bSi  certain  other  Rail  Roads,  for  the  purpose  of  shipping 
com  and  other  supplies  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  <>J  this  State. 


> 


Resolved,  That  the  Governor  be  requested  to  instruct  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  Western  and  Atlantic  Rail  Road,  to  confer  with 
fc.^f,,ye-the  Superintendents  of  the  Montgomery  and  West  Point  Rail  Road, 
EVv^'of  the  Atlanta  and  West  Point  Rail   Road,  of  the  South  Western 
R^'j^ Rail  Road,  the  Central  Rail  Road,  the  Georgia  Rail  Road  and  the 
Et«cocTr9on  Macon    and  Western    Rail  Road,  with  the  view  to  running  one  of 
his  trains  upon  each  of  said  Roads  to  transport  corn  purchased,  or 
to  be  purchased  under  the  act  of  the  last   annual  session  of -the 
General  Assembly  of  this  State,  for  the  use  of  the  families  of  indi- 
gent soldiers-  and    other  suffering  poor,  who  are  beneficiaries  of 
said  corn,  so  ordered  to  be  purchased  and  appropriated. 

Resolved,  That  at  the  earliest  practicable  day,  said  Superintend- 
ent be  instructed  to  have  one  of  said  trains  run  from  Montgomery 


RESOLUTIONS.  $7 


Railroad  to  connect  Albany  and  Thimasvifle, 


\J 


■  to  Atlanta,  one  from   Albany  to  Atlanta  and  one  from  Albany  to0n  wh« 
Eatonton,  for  the  purpose  of  accomplishing  the  objects  set  forth  in™"*1'" 
the  first  of  these  Resolutions. 

Resolved,  That  supplies  of  private  individuals,  whiclmre  intend- 
ed  for  family  use  and   not  tor   sale  ur  speculation,' such; as  corn, «£»«*"r 
Hour,  bacon,  bird,  molasses  and  pens,  shall  be  transported  on  said «^"(^rtfVn 
•  trains  at  such  a  schedule  of  freights  as  are  charged  by  said  Roads'1  ""' 
respectively  ;  the  State  to  be  under  such  stipulations,    as  to  loss 
and  damage  of  freight,  as  the  published  regulations  of  said  Roads 
impose  upon  shippers  ;  said  freights  to  be  paid  at  the  point  of  des- 
I  ination   upon  delivery. 

Resolved further ;  That  the  number  of  trips*made  by  each  of  said 
trains,  and  the  periods  of  running  the  sume,  shall  be  left  to  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Superintendent  of   the   Western  and  Atlantic  Rail  *,«,•*«. 
Road  and  the  Governor,  who  are  requested  to  continue  the   run-a,^1,1-'^ 
ning  of  said  trains  until  the  objects  set  forth  in  these  Resolutions'"  StH'"" 
;,r.e  accomplished,  and  no  loiiger.     Provided,  that  the  State   shall 
be  liable  only  for  such   injuries  U>  freights  as  may  result  from  de- 
fect in  the  trains  of  the  State,  or  fault  of  the  State  Agents,  and 
not  for  such  injuries  as  may  be  caused  by  defects  in  the  Roads  on 
which  the  State  trains  may  be  run. 

Resolved -further,  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  be  author- 
ized and  empowered   to  have  removed,  if  practicable,  one  of  the state «(!■« 
Engines   belonging   to  the  State  Road  now  lying  idle,  to  Rome, w«eT- 
Georgia,  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  .supplies  to  the  destitute 
citizens  of  Cherokee  Georgia. 

Approved  March  8th,    1^6-5. 

(Nolsi.) 

A  Rcsbhuion  in  relation  to  the  building  ofa   Railroad  (o  connect  Al- 
bany and  Thomasuillc  for  Military  purposes. 

Whereas,  since  the  fall  of  Savannah,    it  is  a  matier   of  press- 
military  necessity  for  the    transportation   of  troops    and  SUft-  !•,.„„«. 
plias  from  South-Western  Georgia  and  Florida,  that  there  should 
be    Railroad   communication  between   Albany  and   Thomasville,  bL^Sa 
the  ttrmt ni  of.jhe  South-Western   aud    Atlantic  and  Gulf    Rail-1'1"'"-  ' 
roads;  the   distance    between    said    places    bring    -"»•"»    miles,  and 
through  a  level   and    productive  country,   there    being  but  little 
lo  be    dune    on   said   route:  Ami.    w>  the   existing 

p.u.y  is  unable  without  assistance  from  the  Confederate  Gov« 
eminent,  to  furnish  the  necessary  labor  and  meterial  for  building 
said  road  :   For  remedy  whereof, 

T/i      General    Assembly  of  the  State   of  Georgia    do    resolve,    1st, 
That  our  Senators  and  Representatives    in    the  Confederate  C< 
se  be  requested  to  urge  upon  the  Confederate  Government    i 
military  necessity  for  building  said  roadj  and  the  importance  < 

ting  assistance  to  said  Company,  by  allowing  details  to  con- 
tractors who  will  furnish    a    sufficient        I  -arv  number 


8$  RESOLUTIONS: 


Collection  of  Taxes  tuiapetfded  in  certain  cases.— C.  S.  Certificates  -  Indigeut  Soldiers  Families. 


hands  for  the    building  of  said  road;  and    that   the  Confederate  , 
•     Government  may  furnish  such  supplies  of  iron  as    may    be  prac- 
ticable for  the  completion  of  said  road. 
copy  resoiu.      2d.  Resolved,   That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions    be  sent  to   our 

tioua  to  be      o  ^    i     i~»  j      +  •  /^* 

forwarded.    Senators  and  Representatives  m  Congress. 
Approved  March  9th,  1865. 

(No.    22.) 
Resolution  to  sitspeM'd  the  collection  of  Tuxes,  in  certain  cane*. 

Resolved,  That,  in  all  such    counties  as  have  been    overrun  by 
the  public  enemy,  and  by  reason  whereof  the  Receive]   and  Col- 
Tosuspemi   lector  of  Taxes  have  not  been  able  to  complete  their  Books,  and 
*'t£tesinuto  collect  the  taxes    of  said  counties,    the  collection  of  Taxes  be 
1  case8suspended  for  the  present  year  186i,  and  until  a  reasonable  time 
for  the  same  to  be  done  ;  and  that  the  Comptroller  General  be  in- 
structed not  to   enforce  the  Collectors  in  said  counties  to  collect 
the  same  until  a  reasonable  time  after  they   may  have  JLeen  freed 
from  the  enemy,  for  them  to  make  their  collections  ami  returns. 
\       Assented  to. Nov.  !3tb,   1S64-. 

(No.  S3;.) 

Resolved   by   the,    Gmeral  Assembly  of  the   Stat*    of  Georgia.  That 

justice  to  the   people    requires  that  the   Confederate  Government 

thatcertifi,  receive  in  payment    of  ail  public  dues    and    taxes,  the  certificates 

cates  tor  pro-     •  i         •        "  ,  .  ...  ,    r. 

petty  iuipiee- given  by  its  agents,    to  persons    whose  property  is  impressed  itir 
ment'alems public  use.     As  the  property  taken  by  the  Government  from  the 

be  received     '.    .  .  .    .  .   .     ,        .  .    .  •.       '  ; 

forux.       , citizen,  is  the  means  with  which  the  citizen  must  pa}'  his  tax,  the 
Government  is  bound  in  good  faith  to  receive  in  payment  of  taxes,  ' 
including  tax  in   kind,  any  sort  of  evidence  of  debt  which  it  gives- 
for  the  property  taken  from  the  citizen,  by  its  agents. 

Resolved,  That  our  Representatives  and  Senators  in  Congress  be 
requested  to  use  all  their  influence  to  procure  the  passage  of  an 
act  in  conformity  to  this  resolution,    and  that  a  copy  be  for  ward - 

aStoH?"  e&  °y  tne  Governor  to  our  Senators  and  Representatives,  and  one 

» {brwwded.    to  tne  President  of  the  Confederate  States. 
Approved  March  1  1,  1S65. 
(No.  24.) 
A  Resolution  requesting  the  action  of  Congress  for  the    relief  of  indi- 
gent  Soldiers  families. 

Whereas,  in  many  counties  in  this  State,  many  families  have 
been  left  destitute  of  the  means  of  support,  by  the  absence  of 
the  male  laboring  portion  of  said  families  being  in  the  Army  of 
the  Confederate  States:  And,  uhcrcas,  in  many  counties  in  this 
State,  the  supply  of  provisions  has  been  destroyed  by  the  public 
enemy  or  consumed  by  our  own  cavalry: 


» 


RESOLUTIONS.  89 


Dial nbfltion  of  Com  to  eertaln*count.i<=>3. — Imported  ("..(tun Cftrdsj. 


Therefore  resolved  by  tlu   S  and  House  <>f  Representatives,  That 

our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Coharess  be  reuuested  to  tak.e1!',"i"--';  - 
such  measures  as  will  cause  the  Collectors  of  the  Tax  in  Kind  for1"  u?d  ln 
the  Confederate  Government,  f<>  release  to  t he  Justices  of  the  In-"^r>" 
tenor  Court  o!  the  counties  of  tin*  State,  upon  their   application, 
so  much  of  the  Tax  iu    Kind  of  the  eoiihty  in  which  the  Justices 
making  application   reside,  as    will,   in  their  (the  said  Justices') 
opinion,  be  necessary   for   the  support  of  the  destitute  or  indigent 
soldiers  families  of  their  county,  upon  the  payment  of  the  sched- 
ule prices  for  the  'Tax  in  Mind  released  to  said  Justices  of  the  In- 
ferior Court. 

Resolved,  That  His  Bxcellency.the    Governor   cause  a   copy   of 

,,  ,         .  ,  ;  ,  ..     ,T,  ,  L  ',,  Copy     r 

these  resolutions  to  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  ot  Yvar  and  our  Sen-'-"-  toS 
ators  and  Representatives  in    Congress,  and  respectfully  call  their  'r 
attention  to   the  importance  and  necessity    of  thus   relieving  the 

destitute  and  indigent  families  of  soldiers.  • 


Approved  March    I  I.  L&6o. 


4 


I 


A  Resolution,  rclai  distribnt  '  >j.<  rtdm  rvuii tits. 

Whereas,  Bytheaci  entitled  an  acf  for  the  relieWof  the  peo- 
ple iu  certain  counties  therein  mentioned,  and  lis*  other  purposes, 
approved  November  26thi  ISG'i,  certain  amounts'of  corn  were  ap- 
propriated for  the  relief  of  the  several  counties 'there  frf  named  : 
And,  whereas,  sonie  of  the  counties  named  in  saiu  bill,  have  riot  re- 
ceived the  amount    ol   corn  so  ypproprfated  for  iheni  : 

Tfu  I  bo   ihe.  G  rami  Asscmblm  That    where  ai 

•w 
countv  has  not  received  the  amount  ol   curn    t<w\vhieh  ii  was  chti- 

tied  under  said  Act,  it  shall  be  entitled    u>  receive  the  same:  a     I 

I,  ill-, 

where  the  corn  cannot  be  delivered  to   any  county  so  situated,  an  "■■    ^  ?.r 

i  ^i  '  i  i    m  i  ' 

amount  ol   money  equivalent  to    the  corn  due  suoh%Tounty  under 

s.iid  Act,*  shall  be  paid  over  tp  said  county.  • 

Assented  to   March  1 1th,   LSG5. 

(No,  ■:'■■>.) 

A  /,'-       ition  in  refcrenci  to  the  distribution  g ' llu  fmjiot^d  Cotton  Card*. 

Resolved   1.    By  ike  (i aural  Assembly,  That  the  Governor  diatrib- 
ute  the  imported  Cotton  Cards  among  tjjflfse^raldcounties,  taking 

B  basis  Ol  Mich  distribution,  the  number  of  faulfji  s  in  each  coun- 
ty ;  and  also  taking  into  consideration, 411  estimating  the  pro  rata 
share  of  each  county,  the  amount  of  said  Cards*  that  have  been 
heretofore  distributed  to  the  heads  of  families  of  any  county,  so 
to  do  justice  as  far  as  possible,  to  the  citi/ens  0/ every  county,  in 
this  rcsp.ct.  When  the  pio  rata  shares  oWtUp  •  eral  counl 
shall  be  ascertained  by  the  Governor,  epon  the  oasis  and  principle 


W  RESOLUTIONS. 


Penitentiary. 

aforesaid,  which  he  may  do  according  to  the  best  data  and  means 
upr. court  t8  of  information  in  his  possession,  the  Governor  shall   order  the  In- 
t??£riv« «nd feHor  Courts  of  each  eounty  to  appoint  some  fit  and  proper  agent, 
to  receive  and  sell  the  Cards  to  the  citizens  of  their  respective 
counties, 
stawprife        Be  *'  farther  Resolved',  That  the   Governor  shall  fix  a  price   at' 
Low  fired,     which  said  Cards  are  received  from  the  State,  sufficient  to  cover 
all  expenses,  transportation,  etc.;  which   shall  be  refunded  to  the 
State  by  the  agents  when  the  sales  are"  made. 
bmuMUMAoe      ^  it  further  Resolved,  That  said  agent  shall  have  such   commis- 
ff  A|«»t.  fe.-sions  on  the  sales' as  may  be  agreed  on  between  him  and  the  Infe- 
rior Court;  and  the  Court  shall  fix  the  price  at  which  said  Cards 
shall  be  sold  by  the  ageiat  so  as  to  cover  said  commissions  and  ne- 
cessary expenses,  and  no  higher. 

Be  it  father  Reunited,  That,  said  agents  shall  sell  said  Cards  to 

iuie6  Hi  i. the  heads %f  families  most  destitute  and  needy;  in  this  respect  in 

t in  Md""«p-no  case  shall  such  agent  sell  more  than  one  pair  to  any  head  of  a 

1  T  family,   until  every  other  head  of  a  family  has  been  supplied  with 

one  pair. 

Assented%  Mgrch  Sth,  IS6-3. 

*  (No.  27.V 

A  Resolution  <q>poMti»g  a  joint  committee  to  examine  the  condition  oj  the 
Penitentiary,  and  report  thereon. 

Resolved,  That  a  joint  committee  of  two  on  the  part  of  the  Sen- 

Jolut    Ccirr,-  j       I  i  o  r>  t~i 

u.\x\.-^vv  incite,  and  three  on  the  part  or  the  House  of  Representatives,  be  an- 
ted to   PXrnni-  .     .         ,  .  .....       l.  ,\.  .  .  IT.-  .   .        « 

me  ivniten-  pointed  to  visit  M^iedgev iile,  and  examine  tlie  Penitentiary,  in  or- 
der to  form  a  corr^gt  opinion  as  to  the  policy  of  rebuilding,  or 
abolishing  the  Penrtent^ry  system  ;  and  to  report  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable. 

Approved  TBebruary 24th,  1SG5. 

(No.  28.) 

1st.  Resolved,  That  His    Excellency  the  Governor  be,  and  he  is 
aov«u.,r «.,- hereby  authorized,  to  sell  at  public   outcry,   or  in  such  other  way 
itiir  ai  I',',,-.  as  W'M  hi  his  judgment  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  State,  all  the 
I;;,,. surplus  brick,  afid  sqrap  iron,  and  other  material  in  the  Penitentia- 
Ibomaiw   IT'  belonging  to  the  Stat*;  arid  to  use  the  money  raised  in  pay- 
ldment  of  the  debts  now  due   by  the  Penitentiary,  and  in  making 
such  repairs  as  may  ifc"  necessary  to  afford  accomodation,  and  work 
shops  for  the  cojyricts  now  there,  and  such  as  may  hereafter  be  re- 
ceived under  sentei^es  of  any  of  the  Superior  Courts  of  this  State. 
2d.  Resolved,  That  the  repairs  and  improvements  recommended, 
-and  such  others  as  the  Governor  may  hereafter  find  necessary  for 
the  successful  operation  of  the  Penitentiary,  be  made.     And  that 
the  abolition  of  the  l^nitentiary   system  be  left  to  the  sound  dis- 
cretion and  wisdom  of  future  Legislation. 
Assented  to  March  4th,  lgG5. 


p»;  r* 


RESOLUTIONS. 


91 


Committee  to  invest igrti  y  Oeneral  and  Quartern 

(No.  39.) 

Resolutions  appointing  n  joint,  committee  o/bofft  branches  of  the  (ifiicral 
Assembly,  to  investigate  the  affairs   of  the  Commissary  ■  General  u 
Quartermaster  General  of  this  iState. 

Whereas;  The  following  charges  have  been  made  against  the 
Commissary  General,  to-wit  : 

"Selling  765  sacks  Liverpool  salt,  that  had  been  seized  from  the 
people  of   Georgia,  for  the  relief  of  soldiers'  families,  to  his  own  " 
purchasing  Commissary  at  $30  per  sack,  when  it  was  worth  on  ttie 
market  SI 00  per  sack  ;— Selling  175  barrells  molasses  at   90  cents 
per  gallon,  when  worth  SI  90  to  the  same  party,  and  two  hundred 
barrels   of  the  said  molasses  were  sold   in   a   very  short    time  lor 
SI  90  per  gallon; — Selling  to  the  same,  20,000  lbs.  soap  at  2S 
that  was  worth  at  least  $1  00;— the  greatest  waste  and  extrava- 
gance; the  immense  losses  by  some  of  the  .storekeepers,  after  hjM^feElr?'5 
fog  been  allowed  regular  wastage  j— Sale  pf  Commissary  stores  to^ 
State  officers  and  others  to  an  immense  amount  at  merely  nominal 
prices  ;  the  Commissary  General  drawing  any  amount  of  store,  for 
his  own  individual  purposes,  at  the  smallest  kind  of  prices. 

(Bombproof.)  Having  Assistant  Commissaries,  -Clerks  and. 
Agents,  numbering  from  ;3-">  to  40,  and  nearly  all  within  the  con- 
script age;  and  that  ten  persons  could  do  all  the  business  ol  the 
Department,  putting  the  State  to  an  annual  expense  oT  $100,000, 
with  no  troops  to  feed;  That  the  Commissary  Gfen'l  spends  near- 
ill  of  his  time  in  Atlanta,  and  does  not  give  his  personal-  atten- 
tion to  the  Department  ;  That  this  Department  costs  the  State  of 
rgia,  Iwice  as  much  and  more,  than  any  Confederate  Depart- 
ment employing  the  same  number,  and  not  half  the  work  dune — 
How %checks  have  been  drawn  of  the  State  money  for  individual 
purposes.;' 

?ned)  <;.  ( '.  NOKToX. 

romissary  Gen'l  of  Georgia,  has  requested 
an  investigation  ol  me. 

'/'  be  it  Resolved,  That  a  Committee  ol  three  from  Che,* 

»e  ihid  two  from  the  Senate,  be  appointed  to  examine    I 
•;.s  and  papers  of  the  Commissary  Gen'l,  with  authority  t<>  Beud 


for  persons  and   papers,  and  reporl    the  result  ot  said  mv< 
to  the  next  General   Assembly,  and  th.it  the  members  of  said  com-»'"""',l",;' 
mittee,  receive  the  same  per  diem  pay  and  milage,  ol   members  ol 
the  General  Assembly. 

Ibeitfurtl  ■  /.  That  said  committee  have  full  power  to 

Hive  rs,  connected  with  tl 

.  together  with  the  Books,  papers,  m  ind  conduct *m 

of  all  connected  with  said  office. 

d   to  .March  S.   I  = 


A 


RESOLUTIONS. 


Establishing  Df  h   l-i.-k.-i  Line,  &c— Treasurer  authorial  to  feut  au  office  in  Macon. 

(No.   30.) 
Resolution,  in  relation  to  the e*tablish*ment  ofapubt  lifte,  fyc. 

Wkr.REAi,  a  great  many  slaves  are  coiistantly  escaping  to  the 
enemy  id  Savannah,  from  the  counties  especially  through  which 
the  Army  of  the  enemy  passed  ;  and  whereas,  the  Confederate  States 
Government  have  removed  the  military  force  heretofore  stationed 
above  Savannah,  thus  leaving  the  way  to  the  enemy  open  to  the 
unobstructed  escape  of  the  slaves  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Governor  of  this  State    be  authorized  and  re- 


menatbotepi,k- quired  to  establish  a  line  of  mounted  pickets,  of  such   number  and 

*t  line,  to 
-  present  p.* 


State  Treai 
urer  authoi 
ized  to  rent 
an  office  iu 
Micjn. 


at  such  points,  as  he  may  deem  sufficient  for  the  purpose  of  arrest- 
jijfr  or  .lares  jng  an<j  preventing  the  escape  of  slaves  to  the  enemy. 

Resolved  further,  That  the  Governor  bp,  and  he  is  hereby  author- 
ized, to  organize  a  Battalion  of  cavalry,  for  the  purpose  above 
mentioned,  to  be  composed  of  such  men  in  this  State,  as  will  vol- 
unteer to  mount  and  equip  themselves  for  the  purpose. 

Asfcnted  to  March  11  th,  1S65. 

(No.  31,) 

Resolved  by  the  General  Assembly  That  the  Treasurer  be  author- 
ized to  rent  iu  the  city  of  Macon,'  a  suitable  office  in  which  to  trans- 
mit the  business  of  his  office,  and  to  deposit  the  funds  of  the  State 
which  he  may  receive  during  the  present  session. 

Assented  to  Fob.  2Sttj,  1  §65. 

(No.  32.) 

Whereas,  under  the  Statue  of  Georgia,  fixing  the  per  diem  pay 
of  members  of  the  Legislature  at  six  dollars  per  day.  it  was  intend- 
ed that  each  member  should  receive  the  same  in  gold  or  silver 
coin,  or  its  equivalent  in  paper  money  at  par;  And  whereas,  it^'is* 
represented  that  the  gold  and  silver  is' not  in  the  Treasury  to  pay 
the  members  : 

Be  it  therefore  Resolved,  That  we  the  members  release  tivo  dollars 

8  of  our  per  diem  pay,  and  receive  the  other  one  dollar    in  gold    or 

silver,  or  its  equivalent  in  Treasury  notes  ot  the  State    of  Georgia, 

or  its  equivalent  in  the  new  issue  of  Confederate  money  ;  it  to   be 

estimated  at  the  rate  of  thirty  to  one. 

Resolved  farther,  that  the  officers  of  this  General  Assembly  be 
requested  to  relinquish  five-sixths  of  the  amount  appropriated  for 
their  pay,  and  receive  the  other  one-sixth,  in  gold  or  silver,  or  its 
equivalent  in  Georgia  Treasury  Notes,  or  its  equivalent  in  the  new 
issue  of  the  Confederate  money;  it  to  be  estimated  at  the  rate  of 
thirty  to  one.  . 

Assented  to  March  4th,  1865. 


la    referene 
to  pay  ol 
members 
and  offieern 
•f   General 
Assymbly 


RESOLUTIONS.  93 


Cotten'CarcLi.— Trori  ot  Maoon  te  Brunswick   Railroad. — Diptrihnttaii    <m  Film  htionnl  Fund. 

(No.  33.) 

A  Resolution  requesting  His  Excellency  the  Governor,  to  allow  the   offi- 
cers qfth'S  General  Assembly  to  purchase  Cotton    Cards  • 

Resolved,  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be  requested  to  al--"-  ST&iT. 
low  the  officers  of  this  General  Assembly,  to  purchase  two    pairs  My  to  pw- 
ot*  Cotton  Cards  each,  on  the  same  terms  as  allowed  to  members,  to'. .7d«.  '° 
wit  $25  per  pair.  <•■"•»>■ 

Assented  to  March  6th,  \<0'>. 

(No.  34.) 

Resolution  requesting  t/ie  cftUkorities  to  msjoend  the-  order  to  take  the   iron 

from  the  Macon  \  Brunswick  Rail  Road. 

The  Macon  &  Brunswick  Rail  Read  haying  become  by  reason  of 
the  location,  and  the  injuries  inflicted  by  the  public  enemy  upon 
two  other  Rail  Roads  terminating  at  this  place,  ofeuch  importance  ^  ■ 
to  the  City  and  the  country,  that  in  the  judgment  of  this  General 
Assembly,  the  removal of-its  iron  as  is  ordered,  would  cause  loss 
io  the  public  interest,  great  inconvenience  to  th.e  citizens,  and  suil- 
•  ■riiiu  to  the  destituteand  dependent  in  this  City  and  neighborhood, 
a-ud'could  be  justitied»only<by  the  most  imperious  necessity.  There- 
fore. 

Resolved,  That  the  general    Assembly   respectfully   re(Jues,t  theitoq. 
a„fhoriti  trolling  this  impressment,    to  suspend   their  action  of '•£•** 

"    ""   '  V.  •  i-i  -l  l      ■  •   n  i.hi.'\  f      ire  i 

M'<mins1  this  Rail  I  toad  in  operation,  while  rails  are  lying  idle  upon  from  mm* 

O  ,  i  ill  ftrmisuirk 

lutes  of  Rail  Roads  that  have  been  abandoned.  «i. 

Approved  February  23th,  I860 

(No.  35.) 

]n  relation  to  the  distribution  of  the  Educational fund \ 
\Yhej:!..\s.  there  is  a  number  of  Counties  from     which    there 
have  been  no  returns  mane,  of  the  number  of  children  between  the 
a<res  of  six  -ni.l  eighteen  years,  who  are  entitled  to  share  in  the  dis- 
tribution .11  the  Educational  Fund  for  the  year  LS65  : 

Therefore,  B  'tied   by  the  General   Assembly   0/ the    Stale  0/ 

That  His     Excellency   the  Governor  he    authorized    to 

make  a  distribute t   the    Educational    Fund  for  tk&year    IS64' 

among  the  Counties  ol  this  State,  allowing  to    the    counth 
which  there  haveJieen  no  returns  of  the  number  of  children,    enti- 
tled to  participate    hi  the   distribtttion,    tho    number  returned   in 
the  year  !"• 

Usented  lo  March  !*th,  1S65. 

(No.   36.) 

Resolved,  That  llis  Excellency    the    Governor    be  authoi 
appropriate    thirty  thousand  dollar  from  the   I  pprppriatod 


94  RESOLUTIONS. 


Mail  route  from  Quitman  to  Albany. — Waters'  Pamphlet. 


ggff,""  for  the  Indigent  fam''ies  °f  Chatham- County,  to  the  support  of 
5EE$ooUt«>*  the  Orphan  children  of  the  Union  Society;  and  that  he  draw  his 
g£J°&?'tv  warrant  in  favor  of  Honorable  Thomas  Purse,  who  is  the  authorized 
s".irtVlT0"fi,n agent  for  said  Institution. 

Assented  to  March   11th,  1S6-5. 

(No.  37.)' 

A  Resolution  asking  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress  to  "use 
their  influence  to  have  a  mail  route  established  from.  Quitman,  in 
Bro@Jcs  county,  through  the  county  of  Colquitt,  to  the  city  of  Albany  in 
Do  ugh  e rty  coun  ty . 

Whereas,  the  people  of  Colquitt  county,  in  this  State,  are  al- 
most altogether  deprived  of  mail  facilities,  there  being  but  one 
.short  mail  route  about  six  miles  long  in  said  county: 

Therefore  be  it  resolved,  That  our  Senators    and  Representatives 

ttaii  t.,uu-    m  Congress  be  instructed  to  use  their  influence  to  procure  the  es- 

;.fi '"""':   tablishment  of  a  mail  route  from  Quitman,    in  Brooks  county,  by 

the  way  of  Tallokas  in    said   county,    James   Robinson's  and  the 

town  of  Moultrie  in    Colquitt  county,  to    the  city  of  Albany,  in 

Dougherty  county,  in  this  State. 

And  be  it  further  resolved,  That  the  Governor  of  this  State  be 
requested  -to  furnish  our  Senators  and  Representatives  in  Congress 
with  a  eppy  of  these  resolutions. 

Assented  to  March  11,  18G5. 

(No,  38.)' 

Resolved,  That  His  Excellency  the  Governor  be,  and  he  is  here- 
by authorized  and  requested  to  purchase,  and  cause  to  be  sent  by 
jteHJurt  c,r  mail,  as  soon  as  published,  one  copy  of  Waters'  Pamphlet  of  the 
totaniiir Public  Laws  of  the  late    regular  and    present  called   session,  to  . 
1  n,Ii    each  member  of  this  General  Assembly;  one  copy  to  each  Judge 
of  the  Supreme   and  Superior  Courts;  one  copy  to   each  of  the 
.   Clerks  of  the   Supreme,  Superior  and  Inferior  Courts,   and  one 
to  be  p.i.i    copy  to  each  Ordinary  and  'Attorney  and   Solicitor  General ;  and 
l^yZi';1  "that    the  Governor  pay  for  the  same  at  five  dollars  per   copy  out 
of  the  Contingent  Fund;  Provided,  the   same  be  •  published  and 
Ikovisu.       mailed  within  fifteen  days  after  the  adjournment    of  the  Legisla- 
ture. 

Assented  to  March  7,  1865.  _.»all 


APPENDIX. 


CHANGES 


I  x    t  h  ; : 


CODE      OF     GEORGIA. 


TABLE  OF  TITLES. 


TITLE  I.— CORPORATIONS. 
1  [.—DIVORCES, 
ill— EDUCATION. 
IV.— ELECTIONS. 

V.— KXIIS..  ADMRS.,  &C. 
.  VI.— INCORPORATE  >$$. 
VII.— JUDICIARY. 
VIII.— MARRIAGES. 

IX.— MILITIA. 
X.— PENAL  CODE. 
XL-  ROADS. 
XII.— SLAVES. 
XI II.— TAXES. 


APPENDIX 


CHANGES    IN 


A  Resolution  directing  iltc  Compiler  of  the  .Jets  -passed  at  this  Session*  to  annex 
to  his  compilation,  a  iwmoran.jliim,  shoicing  tin  changes  made  in  the  Code  of 
GeSrgut: 


Resolved  bij  the  (.xeueral  Assembly,  That  the  Compiler  of  the. Acts  passed 
at  this  Session,  be  required  to  annex  a,  full  memorandum  to  the  compilation, 
showing  the  changes  made  in  the  revised  Code  of  Georgia,  by  any  acts  pas- 
sed by  any  .subsequent  Legislature,  since  the  adoption  of  the  Code. 

Assented  to  March  0;  1 80S. 

Pursuant  to  the  requirement  in  fclie  e>rVgnhig  Resolution,  I  have  made  strict  <  xamiuution,for  all  chan 
getjin  the  Code,  either  by  amendment  01  repeal,  Mti<?e  its  adoption  by  Act  of  J  )ec.  19. 1860.  It  maybe 
proper  to  state,  that  though  adopted  on  the  u.*  just  stated,  the  operation  of  the  Code  was,  by  Act  of  Dee. 
36,  1861,  postponed  till  the  1st  day  of  Janum  y  ISC3J  but  %>  hilsl  thus  suspended,  as'  well  us  since,  various 
changes  were,  and  have  been  made.  It  is  probable  that  iua  few  instances  alterations  or  changes  by  gen- 
era) legislation,  have  been  wa\le  without  any  reference  in  the  Acts,  to  the  Sections  changed.  Only  such 
are  embraced,  in  this  Appendix,  where  the  Sections  changed,  are  specified  by  number  or  otherwise.  For 
easy  reference,  these  various.subject,'ijfiutters  of  legislation  have  been  classified  under  appropriate  heads. 
In  every  case,  the  whole  Act  chaiigicg  any  ■<< :  of  thi  I  .'ode  is.given  with  such  notes  as  will  explain  hew  | 
the  law  now  stands. 

'      COMPILE!! 


TITLE  !. 


COKPORATIOXS. 

An  Act  to  amend  the  1630M  section  of  the  retired  Code  afthor/rmi  anil 
jor  biker  purposes. 

Section  I.   T7»e  Genetat  Assembly  oftlu  Stat.'  of  Georgia  d<>  mart. 
That,  that  portion  of  the  second  paragraph  which  follows  the  worded 
''location'1  shall  be  stricken  out,   and    the    remainder  of  said  para-™".^; 
eraph  shall  be  as  follows  :  The  Clerk  of  said  Court,  shall  ntace  be-i"^?  '•'"* 
lore  the  Judge  ot  the  Superior  Court  of  the   county,   afihe    next;":"' 
terra  after  the  expiration  of  said  advertisement,  4  Copy  of  said  dec- 
laration,ni)d  affidavit,  and   certificate  of  publication:  and  if  ihe  p,»... 
Court  be  satisfied  that  the  application  is  legitimately   within    the 
purview  and  intention  of  this  Code,  it  shall  pass  an  order    declar- 
ing the  said  application  granted,  and  a  certified  copy  of  said   dec- 
laration,   affidavit,   certificate  of  publication    and    order,  shall  be 
held  and  received  as  evidence  ol  the  charter  of  Said  corporation  in 
any  Court  in  this  State. 

SEC  II'  Be  it  further  enacted,  That,  in  any.  cases  in  which  par- 
ties have  made  efforts  to  obtain  a  charter  under  said  section  of  the A 
Code,  that  they  be  allowed  to  have  such  declaration,  affidavit  and 
certificate  filed,  and  such  order  taken  at  the  next  term  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court  of  their  respective  counties,  succeeding  the  passage  of 
this  Act. 

Sec.  III.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  <ro  into  opera- 
tion from  the  day  of  its  passage. 

Sec.  IV.  Repeals  conflicting  law^. 

Assented  to  Dec.  5th,  ISG3. 


■    •r. 


,        ,-  »; 


TITLE  II. 


DIVORCES, 

<  riOS   I.    The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enattt  That,  front 
and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  following    shall    be   good«M  tmi 
groundafor  a  total  divorce  in  favor  of  any  loval  female,  a    reaideatSfUPS! 
©f  the  State  of  Georgia  :   1st.     fhat  her  husband  it  in  the   service! 
•f  the  United  States  ;  L'd.  That  her  husband   has  been,  or  is    vol-"     ' 
natality  within  the    lin*s  of   the  enemy,  furnishing  them  aid    and 
comfort. 

Sk.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  March   18th,  JNi-5. 
7 


98  CHANGES  IN  CODE.— Edi  cation.— Elections. 


Third  clause  of  12«)6th  Section  of  the  Code  suspended—  17«th  Section  of  the   Code  repealed. 


TITLE  III. 


EDUCATION, 

An  Act  to  suspend  during  the  continuance  of  (he  present  war,  the  third 
clause  of  the  one  thousand  two  hundred  a?id  sixth  section  of  the  revised 
Code  of  Georgia,  relative  to  the  publication,  by  the  board  of  Education. 

Section  I.   The  General  Assembly  of  (he  Slate  of  Georgia  do  01- 

srd  clause  otact,  That,  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  third  clause 

cX  fuVn- of  the  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixth  section  of  the  revised 

Code  of  Georgia,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  suspended  during 

the  continuance  o.f  the  present  war;  any  law,  usage  or  custom,  to 

the  contrary  notwithstanding.* 

Assented  to  March  11th,  1S65. 


*  The 
zette,  the 
tares. 


clause  suspended,  requires  the  Board  of  Education  to  publish,  annually,  in  a  public  ga- 
iol  system  adopted,  rates  of  tuition,  together  with  a  list  of  receipts  and  expendi 


TITLE  IV. 


ELECTIONS, 

An  Act  to  repeal  (he  one  hundred  and.  seventy-eighth  section  of  (he  Code  of 
Georgia,  and  to  revive  and  put  in  force  the  laws  of  this  State,  prescrib- 
ing (he  manner  of  electing  a.  Messenger  and  Door-Keeper  for  the  Sen- 
ate and  House  of  Representatives,  prior  to  the  adoption  of  the  Code. 

Section  I.   The   General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do  enact, 
code JepJifd  That  the  one  hundred   and  seventy-eighth  section  of  the  Code  of 
u,W]e'  Georgia,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  laws  of  this  State  pre- 
scribing the  mode  and  manner  of    electing   Messenger  and  Door- 
Keepcr  for  the.  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  prior  to  the 
adoption  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  re- 
•   vived  and  put  in  force.* 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  April  18th,  1SG3. 

*The  Compiler  can  find  no  formal  act  on  the  statute  books,  prescribing  the  mode  of  electing 
Poor-Keepers  and  Messengers.    They  seein  to  have  been  elected  by  resolution  of  er.ch  House. 


TITLE  V. 


EXRS,,  ADMR'S.,  &C. 

An  Act  to  amend  the  2±SQth  section  of  the  revised  Code  of  Georgia. 
Section  I.   The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do  enost, 


CHANGES  IN  CODE— Incorporation.*.  $» 


oa  24SS  and  2490  amended .—  Sections  4792  and  4793  of    Code  to  apply  to  Colombo*. 


That  from  ami  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  first  clause  of  the  i^^^  t* 
two  thousand  four  hundred  and  eightieth  (2480)  section  of  the  re-fJSTlfdSt 
vised  Code  of  Georgia  be  amended,  by  inserting  the  words  u  real 
estate  and"  between  the  words  "the"  and  "personal,"  thereby 
making  said  clause  rea  1,  "  all  the  real  estate  and  personal  proper- 
ty."* 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Approved  December  12th,  1863. 

*  To*  first  obutMOf  Bection  amended, required  Ailnmiii-lratorB  to  make  an  inventory  and  ap- 
praisement of  personal  prop*  tyonly.  TLu  Act  addf  UaU  of  deceased,  putting  real 
and  peraaaaJ  on  Hie                   >g. 

\ct  amendatory  of  the  9488  and  2490  sections  of  the  Code  of  Geor- 

Sec.  L  Tkes  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact*  That  it  shall 
and  may  be  optional  with  Executors  ami  Administrators,  in  mak-|£0"  ** 
ing  their  returns,  to  attach  copies  of  their  vouchers,  as  provided  inMn,»*<A 
the  aforesaid  section;  or  to  file  with  said  returns  the  original 
vouchers,  with  the  Ordinary,  which  shall  remain  in  said  Ordina- 
ry's office,  for  the  space  ol  thirty  days,  and  after  remaining  said 
tiirle,  shall  be  recorded  with  said  return,  and  when  so  recorded, 
shall  be  returned  to  Said  Executor  or  Administrator  on  demand  for 
the  same. 

Skc.  II.  Be  UJurlher  enacted.  That  this  act  shall  go  into  effect  ^J^cuC 
immediately  after  its  a^uoval  by  the  Governor.*  mc4-t<*j. 

;.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  April  ISth,  1SG0. 

"Tii<-  '  led,  made  it  compulsory  on  Kxr'*,  Adtn're,  &.c,  to  allow 

.lieir  vouchers  to  i.r\'s  Office.    Tide  amendment  nakes  it  optional, 

whether  the  vouchers  shall  tp  i  ornot.  and  gives  the  privilege  of  withdrawing  than 

Sfi!!.  all  von  -h''n:  inu»t  be  full  and  explicit  as  required  by  the 
irded. 


TITLE  VI. 


INCORPORATIONS. 

In  A::  to  so  a  Co  Ic  of  Georgia  thai  the  provisions  of 

tons   1792  amd  4793  t  pty  to,  and  be  o)  m  the  City  of 

Columbn  .  allowing  judgment  entered  a*  in  case  of  appeal* 
Section-  I.  Be  it  enacted,  That   from  and   after  the   passage  of 
his  Act.  thai  all  the  provisions  of  sections  1792  and  4793,  of  the££  £*c! 
Code  of  Georgia,  apply  to,  and  be  of  force  in  the  City  ofCotumbot,  vmtmi* 
Provided,  that  in  all  case-s  where  judgment  i9  given  against  the 
tenant,  it  sh:tl!  be  entered  as  incase  of  appeal.* 
Bfec.  II.  Kopeals  conflicting  laws. 
Absented  to  March  7th,  181 

o  thxripht*  if  landlords .  »•  :«  (afl  to  pay  or 

\"  M^rpnrreivioti,  and  the  remedial  Is  'twb  (MW. 


1$%  CHANGES  IN  CODE.— Jiimcury.  - 

4*  w£ V&Btcslti  Code  repeiled.— Sen.  9017  rc-pe»';ed  in  part.-Htoos.  28»,  '0.40,  B51S  and  Ml  * 

TITLK  VII. 


JUDICIARY. 

.4a  Act  to  repeal  the  third  and  twelfth  section*  of  the  Code  of  Georgia? 
relative  to  thr  construction  of  statutes. 

SECTION  I.  'lite  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do 
SLj"ic*«*tt«c*i  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  third  and 
**••»)<*.  twelfth  sections  of  the  Code  of  Georgia  be,  and  the  same  are  here- 
by repealed. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Dec,  14th,  1863. 

"The  third  section  ofthe  Code,  repealed  by  (he  foregoing  Act,  provided  that  all  Acts  passed 
1)3'  the  General  Assembly,  unless  otherwise  declared  in  Bach  Acts,  should  take  effect  from  the 
tirrt  day  of  July  next  succeeding  their  passage. 

The  twelfth  section,  also  hereby  repealed,  provided  that  the  repeal  of  a  repealing  Act  ohall 
not'  be  construed  to  revive  the  former  Act,  unless  Mich  appears  to  have  been  manifestly  the 
intention  of  the  General  Assembly. 

An  Act,  to  repeal  that  portion  of  the  tiro  thousand  (wo  hundred  and  eigh- 
ty-seventh section  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  an  prohibits  the  creation  of 
trusts  for  male  persons  of  sane  mind. 

SECTION  1.    The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact,  That  from 

*ec.  Jan  «•  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  that  portion  ofthe  two  thousand 

£rtW  in     two  hundred  and  eighty-seventh   (22S7)  section  of  the  Code  of 

Georgia,  as  prohibits  the  creation  of  trusts,  express  or  implied,  in 

any  property,  for  any  male  person  of  sane  mind,  be,  and  the  sftaie 

is  hereby  repealed.* 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  Dec.  14th,  1963. 

"^Trusts  for  male  persons  of  sane  mind  may  now  be  rivaled. 

An  Ad,  to  repeal  so  much  ofthe  2501),//,  2510th,  2512th  and.  3618$ 
sections  ofthe  Code  of  Georgia*,  as  requires  three  months'  notice  to  be 
o-iven  in  a  public  Gazette  of  an  application  for  titles  upon  bonds  of  de- 
ceased persons,  and  to  provide  for  the  trial  of  such  cases,  when  objec- 
tions arc  filed,  and  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  costs  in  such  cases. 

Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That  from  and  after 
rttuei.  f-the  passage  of  this  Act,  so  much  of  the  2509,  2510,  2512,  and 
"""*  3618,  sections  ofthe  Code  of  Georgia,  as  requires  notice  to  be  giv- 
en to  all  persons  concerned,  by  publication  in  a  Gazette,  of  appli- 
cation for  an  order  requiring  titles  to  be  made  by  the  legal  repre- 
sentatives of  a  deceased  person,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repeal- 
ed. 

Sec.  II.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  fifteen  days'  notice  in  wri- 
£?%»••£"  ting  to  the  Administrator  or  Executor,  and  heirs  at  law  of  the  de- 
**■  ceased,  if  to  be  found  in  this  State  ;  and  if  non-residents,  by  publi- 

cation in  one  ofthe  Gazettes  of  this  State  for  30  days,  shall  be 


CHANGES  IN  CODE.— JtTDicunr.  I  if 

4-">!>.2d  $««"!.  of  the  Cod«  Braeoded. 

deemed  sufficient  notice  to  authorize  the  granting  of  an  order  for 
the  execution  of  titles,  when  no  objection  is  filed  by  the  legal  rep- 
lesentative  of  said  estate,  or  heir  at  law. 

Sec.  III.   Be  if  further  enacted,  That  when  objections  in  writing,, 
are   filed  in  the  ofliee  of  said  Ordinary,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the'""11 
Ordinary  to  hear  evidence,  as  to  the  fact,  whether  the  condition  of 
said  bond  has  been  complied  with  by  the  payment  of  the  purchase 
money  or  not,  aud   to  grant   an  order  requiring  said  titles  to  be 
made  or  not,  as  ke  may  think  the  principles  of  justice  may  require  : 
and  either  party  beihg  dissatisfied  with   the  decision,  may  appea»^p.  ,. 
to  the  Superior  Court  upon  .the  same  terms  as  appeals  are  granted f^irM*"*4 
in  other  cases. 

8,EC.  IV.  Be  it  further  entscied,  That  whenever  the  party  making 
said  bond  shall  have  died  before  the  time  at  which  said  titles  were c-t.  b.* 
to  be  made,  and  before  the  purchase  money  became  due,  the  cost*"''1'' 
of  said  proceeding  shall  bo  paid  by  the  representatire  of  said  es- 
tate ;  but  if  the  time  tor  making1  said  titles  and  the  payment  of  said 
money  elapse  before  the  death  of  the  obligor,  then  the  eoits  shall 
be  paid  by  the  applicant. 

Sfcp".   V.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Dec.  14th,  1863. 
An  Act  to  amend  the  fokr  thousand  Jice  hundred  and  ninety-second  section 

■ot'thi    Code  o/'GwtgtUi 

Section-  I.  The  General  Assembly  do  enact,  That  from  and  imme- 
diately after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  four  thousand  five  hun- 
dreil  and  nine!  \ -second  section  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  be,  and 
same  is  hereby  amended  as  follows:  by  inserting  therein  im- 
mediately after  the  words  "  unless  the  defendant  be  in  jail,"  the 
words,  "or  otherwise  in  the  sound  discretion  of  the  Court."* 

Assented  to  April  1 8th,  l  s<>::. 

An  Art  to  Amend  (he  4563  section  of  the  Cod<  oj  Georgia. 

>\-  imx  1.  The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact.  That  from 
.unl  immediately  alter  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the  four  thousand*-^ 

hundred  and  ninety-second  section  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  be.«-» d*- 
and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  as  follows  :  immediately  after  the 
words  in  said  section, '"  ready  for  trial,"  insert  the  words  "  e.xeept 
in  those  oases  wliere  the  defendant  is  entitled  by  law  to  demsnd  i 
erial.' 

Assented  to  April  IBth,  1863. 

The  ofcaea  M  Mnaded  by  two  fbregaiiig  Acta  will  read  n-  Pellowi  'Tbe  eaj«  <•»  i«» 
rntmnol  docket  shall  b<-  bulled  in  the  or der  in  wlncb  they  stand  oath*  docket,  unk*  Utt  Men- 
,i»nt  t  othenriee  in  the  eoand  discretion  ot  the  Conrt ,  and  the  Sute  (hall  t><  reqny 

^1  it  .  ,  annonnc"  ready  for  trial,  except  In  thoee  OUee  where  Ui-  .MerjiVant  »  *»ti 

t>j  hv  law  to  demand  •  trial]  and  in  «U  eaeei  in  which  »he  defendant  rannc*  acconhc*  to  taw 
.i-maii.i  atrial,  »<  mtiaaaora  tksll  not  be  granteJ  lothe  S*ate,  eirepi  upon  ar«a*ouatw  >K» 


Cert     -. 


its 


CHANGES  IN  CODE.— Marriages. 


8ee  2720  repealed— Sees.  1752,  2134  and  8147  repealed. 


A«  Act  w  repeal  section  2729  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  relative  to  the  ef- 
fect of  acceptances  of  bills  and  orders. 

Section  I.   The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Gem giaelo  errtret, 
That  said  section  be  repealed.* 
Assented  to  Nov.  17,  1S'64. 


1$U.  2739  n 


S**.  17M 

M»ended. 


°The  section  repealed  is  as  follow*:  "An  ordinary  acceptance  does  not  raise  a  pre>V!TBption 
of  funds  in  the  hands  of  the  acceptor,  but  the  onus  is  ou  the  drawer  to  show  funds  in  his  bauds.' ' 

An  Act  to  amend  the  one  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  fifty -second  (1752) 
f,  section  of  the  Code  of  Georgia. 

Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do  enact, 
That  in  all  eases  where  a  bastard  has  died  intestate,  without  heirs, 
and  his  property  has  not  been  escheated,  or  may  hereafter  die  in- 
testate, leaving  no  widow  or  lineal  descendant,  or  illegitimate  broth- 
er or  sister,  or  descendant  of  a  brother  or  sister,  or  mother ;  oi 
brother,  or  sister  of  legitimate  blood,  or  descendant  of  such  broth- 
er or  sister ;  then,  and  in  that  case,  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  the 
mother  of  such  bastard,  or  their  descendants,  or  the  maternal 
grandeparents,  of  such  bastard,  may  inherit  the  estate  of  such  bas- 
tard ;  and  said  estate  shall  be  divided  among  said  persons,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  degrees  of  consanguinity  ..prescribed  in  the  laws 
of  distribution  of  other  estates.  , 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws.* 

Assented  to  March  4th,  1SG-5. 

°The  rule  of  inheritance, .in  ca?e  of  bastard  children,  i>  not  changed  by  theab'ove  Act,  in  the 
least  particular,  from  the  rule  in  the  Cod?,  but  the  line  of  inheritance  ia  only  enlarged  or  length- 
ened beyond  a  point  not  provided  for  in  the  Code. 

An  Act  to  amend  sections  two  thbusaml  o/>r  hundred  and  thirty-four,  and 
three  thousand  one  hundred  and  forty-seven,  of  the  Code  of  Giorgio,  re- 
lating to  the  remedies  in  favor  of  sureties. 

Sec.  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do  enact, 
That  the  remedy  provided  by  said  section  two  thousand  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-four,  shall  be  applicable  to  cases  where  the  debt 
is  not  due,  as  well  as  to  those  where  it  is  due ;  and  the  words 
"  principal  or"  shall  be  stricken  from  division  or  paragraph  num- 
ber three,  of  the  said  section,  three  .thousand  one  hundred  and  for- 
ty-seven, d 

Assented  to  Nov.  17,  1SG1. 

d Sec.  2134  allows  a  surety,  guarantor  or  eadorsor  to  hold  his  principal  to  bail,  by  making 
the  oath  thorein  prescribed.  This  Act  allows  it  done,  whether  the  debt  is  due  or  not  dve,  ou 
proper  oath  made. 

Sec.  3147  authorizes  the  writ  of  ne-exraf  in  certain  cafes.  This  Act  allows  it  in  favor  of  one 
surety  against  his  ro  surety,  the  word  '•  principal"  being  stricken  out,  as  bail  is  the  reo|Mry  in 
that  case. 


CHANGES  IN   CODE.— Militia.— Penal  Code.  103 


See.  I&W  repealed— Certain  Seotion*  of  the  Cod*  relative  to  the  Militia  repealed. 

TITLE  VIII. 


MARRIAGES. 

An  Act  to  repeal  paragraph  1(>58,  of  part  second,  tide  second,  chapter 
first,  article  first,  section  first  of  the  revised  Code  of  Georgia,  and  to  le-  . 
gah  ze  me  triages  in  violation  of  the  same. 

Wiiekkas,  by  the  above  cited  paragraph  of  the  revised  Code  of 
Georgia,  all  inarriages,  not  solemnized  in  conformity  with  the  oth- 
er provisions  of  said  Code,  are  declared  to  be  invalid  ;  and  iv/u  rcas,  prcambi„. 
said  innovation  upon  the  law,  as  it  stood  before  the  adoption  of 
paid  revised  Code,  will  have  the  effect  of  giving  rise  to  perplexing 
questions  of  legitimacy  of  children,  and  rights  of  property,  and  to 
domestic  unhappiness.     Therefore, 

Sivtion'  I.    The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  d)  en- 
act, That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  paragraph  1658  \£i?;T#U* 
•I' part  second,  title  second,  chapter  lirst?  article  first,  section  first  r*l>"al 
•f  the  revised  Code  of  Georgia  be  repealed. 

Sic  II.  And  be  it' further  enacted.  That  all  marria ares  heretofore,    .. 

J  '  ,  •  l    *  Lnual\a«  mar- 

solemnized,  not  in  conformity  with  (he  provisions  of  said  Act  shall  n»*p.»ot.ei- 

'  J  1  ,  ,      />        emni«ed   ac- 

excuse  any  Ordinary,  Judge,  Justioe  or  Minister  of  this  Gospel,  for  ^'"b'j- 
any  non-performahce  uf  duty  as  r-quiredin  said  paragraph  1668, 
of  said  part,  title,  chapter  and  seel  ion  of  said  Code.* 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Dee.  14th,  18(55. 

Paragraph  1658 ol  Co  l<   hereby  repealed,  provides  i"i  obtaining  licence,  nml  pnlilicntionof 

the  banns  qf  marriage  in  a  neighboring  church,  in  the  presence  of  the  congregation,  tor  at  leant 

three  Sabbath  days  prior  to  the  solemnization.    The  repeal  of  this  sect  iou  of  the  Code  does  not 

nse  with  license.  ;i*  would  seem  by  the  repeal  of  the  whole  section,  us  other  sections  pro- 

\  ide  for  license,  nml  i;  w  i-  mapifi  stly  designed  t<>  r<  peaj  onlj  the  yavt  rel'ci ting  to  p<il>t,cuiiou 

it    lm  n  i> 


TITLE  IX. 


MILITIA. 

An  Act  to  repeal  sections  nine  hundred  and  eighty-six,  nine  hundred  and 
eighty-seven,  nim  hundred  and  eighty-eight,  nine  hundred  and  eighty- 
nine,    nim    hundred  and  ninety,  nine   hundred  and  nim  (if-two,  and  nine 
hundred  and  ninety-thru  of  the  Code  <<}  Georgia. 
Section  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representative^ 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  sections  nine  hundred 
and  eighty-six,  nine  hundred   and  eight  \-si\  en,  nine   hundred  and*£»£ 
eighty-eight,  nine  hundred  and  eighty-nine,  nine  hundred  ami  nine- 
ty, nine   hundred   and  ninety-two,   and    nine    hundred   and  ninety- 
three  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repeal- 
ed.* 

Sec  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  April  isth.  1 5 

*  The  sections  repealed  have  sole  i  militia  dutj 

■  ••  muMer.     The  A 

■ 


CHANGE*  IN    CODE.— Pkxal  Com:, 


Se«.  44.j!.»  rejet)''.|.— Fa'ngraph   1855th   of  Code  amended. —  H»-*.   J7tf8  anwid-ed. 


TITLE  X, 


PENAL  CODE. 

An  Act  (9   rrpr.ii/  section  4 459  o/  /Ae  Revised   Code   of  Grorgia,4tu4  (.• 
substitute  another  in  Utu  thereof. 

Section  I.   The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact,  That  from 
awtnpeciedttiid  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  section  4£59  of  the  revised  Cotio 
of  Georgia,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  II.  Be  u farther  uiacud,  That  the  common  law  be  revived 
and  declared  of  full  force  and  effect,  as  if  said  section  of  the  Cods 
?^!ie»*»ndna^  n°fc  been  adopted,  and  that  any  person  or  persons  charged 
«* '*£!"" '""with  the  offences  known  to  the  common  law  as  forestalling,  regra- 
ting  or  engrossing,  may  be  iudictcd  in  any  Superior  or  Corpora- 
tion Court  having  jurisdiction    thereof,  and  who  may   be  fooe4 
guilty,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  the  value  of  the. 
goods  so  forestalled,  regrated  or  engrossed,  and  punished  in  the 
common  jail  not  exceeding  six  months.     It  is  hereby  made  the  d«- 
^"i'^'oity  of  the  Judges  of  the  above  named  Courts  to  give  this  sectiouii 
Z^'*1     special  charge  to  their  respective  Grand  Juries  at  the  opening  of 
the  several  terms  thereof. t 

Sec.  III.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  Dec.  5th,  1SC3. 


t  Sec.  4450  of  (.'ode  aboliphed  the  offence  <  f  forest  aUinj, 
'(•(■instates  and  makes  them  indictable. 


rating  and  engrossing.    This  Act 


i* .  i.  > 


An  Act  to  amend  the  1855/A  paragraph  of  the  Revised  Code  of  Geogia. 

Sec.  I.  The  Gmeral  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact,  That  from  and 
after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  if  any  person  shall  violate  the  provi- 
K&ps£sioDS  of  the  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-fith  (185-5)  para- 
Bfc"de  graph  of  the   revised  Code  of  Georgia,  he,  she,  or  they  shall  be 
punished  by  fine,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court.t 
Sec  II.  Repeals  conflicting-  laws. 
Assented  to  Dec.  12th,  1863; 

*  Sec.  IS55  of  Code  provides,  that  each  owner  shall  keep  hie  slaves  on  hi*  own  premises,  «r 
within  his  control.  ."Shall  not  permit  them  to  labor  or  transact  business  for  themselves,  ex«ept 
cu  holiday*,  or  on  bis  own  premises.  Xor  to  rent  any  house,  room,  store  or  land  on  tielF  •w» 
H«eount-  "This  Aet.  simply  prescribes thepenalty,  which  was  neglected  in  the  Code. 


I  nil  •■■  ■/    ,i 


An  Act  to  amend  section  4,708  Ju?  the  Code  of  Georgia. 

Whereas,  The  Cede  of  Georgia,  in  enumerating  the  criiKies 
committed  by  slaves,  and  fixing  the  punishment  for  the  same,  does 
not  embrace  the  crime  of  burglary. 

Sec.  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enuct,  That  the  crime  of 
burglary  be  included  in,  and  made  a  part  of  section  4,708  of  said  Code, 
which  section  enumerates  the  crimes  committed  by  slaves,  whUk 


CHANGE    I.\  I'ODK.- Roans.  It* 

.S-.     i..\~<    tan  9*  -f-'i  -S"    ''11   am^wi.'rt. — S*«.  21  :M  arpenl-M. 

shall  be  punished,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court,  either  by  death 
or  such  other punishmeui  .is  the  Court  may  prescribe. 

Assented  to  April   IS,  (§03. 

-4/t  j&7  /()    (HilfU'J  the    A'-W  'ii'ii    sic! inn  <■!  tilt  t  Itxfc  c»/'  Georgia. 

Sec.  I.   77/ r  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enacts  That  from  af- 
ter the  passage  of  this  Act,  section  four  thousand  three  hundreds--  t»i7«r 
and    seventeen  (4-! I?)  of    the    Code  of  Georgia,   be  amended  by .«"  * 
adding  "Railroad  oar"  alter  the  word  '•hut,"  and  that  the  *am« 
ga  into  effect  on  the  25th  day  of  April,  1^<>*. 

SjEC.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws.// 

Assented  to  April  LStlr,  ls<io. 

d  The  section  amended  will  read  «?  follow* 

"Any  person  entering  ana  stealing  front  wij  hut,  ;-  Railroad  ear,'1  lent,  booth  ai  On?).  • 
building,  eka!l  be  poniabed  by  iiiiprieQftiUflul  and  labor  iu  tbel'cjjtftnfi.ary.  l"iira»  to'uie  a«t -law 
than  one jvav.  r.or  longer  thau  four  year*  ' 


TITLE  XI. 


ROADS, 


An  Ac,  t<<  amend  section  01  \th  aftlve  Code  of  Georgia. 

Section   1.    The  General 'Assembly  of  the  State  of  Georgia  do  earn 

That  from  and  alter  the  passage  of  this  Act,  the    following  words** 

....  1     1  •  '  »  -1  IV  '    0<','    *""* 

to-wit :  "provided  the  public  road  overseer,  in  charge  of  them  res- 
pectively, are  paid  one  dollar  per  day  for  each  hand  so  liable.'"  in 
section  six  hundred  and  eleventh  (<>1  1)  of  the  ("ode  of  (Jeorgia,  be 
altered,  so  as  to  read  as  fallows  to-wit :  "provided  tie  public 
road  overseer,  having  charge  of  them  respectfully,  are  paid  two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  day,  for  each  hand  so  Liable."4 

Sac.  11.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  1  >ec.  olh,   LS63. 

4 

•See    611   of(    >de  provided,  that  laborer*  on  any  li if  incorporated   liail.Koada,  I  tble   • 

road  duty, '-itiilil  >•«  relieved  by    paring  to    overseer  one  dollar  per  hand  far  eaea  day  ' 
Act  raieea  amount  to  be  paid,  to  $1..jU  per  day,  lobe  expend) 

An  Act  to  repeal  thr  six  hundred  and  thirty  third  sei  "<>//  a/  the  Qodeof 
Qtorgia,  relative  1  '   ommissioners. 

Ssctiom  I.    The  General  AeeemfUu  of  the  State  of  Georrria  do 

That  the  six  hundred  and  thirty-third    (633)  section  ol  'the    t 'odf  •■••••  "• 
of  Georgia  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  any  law  custom  or 
usage  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.1 
Assented  to  Nov.  28tjl,  iSG.'t. 

■ptad  K>i«'i  Coma    - 
■nkt*  aud  other  ..,b.J  JuiT  and  toi  tw.i  .•.-,•»      -*aid*,  a  titer  had«etr*J  m  • 


1(K> 


CHANGES  IN  CODE.— Slaves.— Taxes. 

8*c,  ia<"ti  repealed. — Be*.  7S6  ameudod  —  Third  clause  ?;5v»Ui  &k*e.  amended. 


lift.  Cuuo 
pealed 


Pre<rh>ua  ':;■■ 


TITLE  XII. 


''        SLAVES. 

An  Ad  to  repeal  the.  1376/A  section  of  the  Code  of  Georgia* 

Section  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  Georgia  do  enact,  That  sec- 
tion 1376  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  which  reads  as  follows  :  "It  shall 
be  unlawful  for  any  church,  society,  or  other  body,  or  any  persons, 
to  grant  any  license  or  other  authority  to  any  slave  or  free  person 
of  color  to  preach  or  exhort,  or  otherwise  officiate  in  church  mat- 
ters, "  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  II.  And  that  the  law  in  reference  to  licensing  slaves  and 
8free  persons  of  color  to  preach,  existing  before  the  adoption  of  the 
Code,  is  hereby  re-enacted.* 

Assented  to  April  ISth,  1S6;J. 

'Vjv  the  statute  hereby  revival,  see  T.  R.  R.  Cobb's  New  Digesf.Vp.  1003'anif  1086, 


•title  Jan. 


TAXES. 

An  Act  to  amend  the  seven  hundred  and  eighth- sixth   section  of  the  Code 
«f  Georgia  relative  to  taxing  Defaulters. 

SECTION  I.  The  General  Assembly  of  this  State  do  mart,  That  the 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-sixth  (7Su)'  section  of  the  Code  of  Geor- 
gia, be  so  amended  as  to  provide,  That  if  any  person  shall  fail  to 
make  a  return  of  taxable  property,  in  whole  or  in  part,  under  the 
tax  acts  in  force  in  this  State,  such  persons  so  in  default,  shall  be 
double  taxed  for  the  first  years  default,  for  the  second  years  default 
fourfold,  and  increasing  in  the  same  ratio  each  year,  until  a  return 
is  made.  '  "    -. 

Sec.  II.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 

Assented  to  Dec.  7th.  1863. 

["he  S.jotion  amend  -1  p  'd.vided  only  dunb'e  taxation  on  Beo.ejvec8  a*M*sin«nt'. 

An  Actio  amend  the  third  clause  of  (he  (7:39/7/)  seven  handled  <md  thirl ij- 

nint/i  section  of  the   Code  oj  Georgia. 

Section  I.  Beit  enacted,  That  the  third  clause  of  the  s(>veu  hun- 
dred and  thirty-ninth  section  of  the  Code  of  Georgia,  be  amended 
by  inserting  the  word  "male"  between  the  words  "white"  and 
"persons  ;"  thereby  making  said  clause  read,  "every  free  white 
male  person  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  and  sixty,  twenty- 
five  cents." 

Sec.  VI.  Repeals  conflicting  laws. 
Assented  to  April  16th,  1863. 

The  clause  amanded,  is  the  one  assessing  specific  or  poll  lax,  ami  simply  makeS  the  tax  im- 
posable  on  free  wbite  niak  persons  between  certain  ages,  and  not  on  all  free. white  persons'. 
which  would  include  females. 


INDEX  TO  LAWS  OF  BOTH  SESSIONS. 


ADMINISTRATORS. 

See  Exr's,  Admr's.  Ac,  in  l,idr.i. 
ADVANCES  BY  TREASURER; 
To  Gov't  Officers, 
'•  Members  o!    Gen'l  Assem- 
bly, &c,  i 
••   In  what  funds  paid, 
APPROPRIATIONS. 

To  pay  salary  of  Governor, 
:•     "     salary  of  State  House 

officers, 
••  pay    salary   Messenger   of 

Ex.  DepLi 
•••  pay  salary  <pJ.  Librarian, 
••  ••         ••      of  Staters  Art  vs. 

and  Sol.  Genls., 
••  ••  salary  ol  Reporter  of  Su- 
preme Court, 
to  pay   Clk.  Sup*  Jourt 

fo*  stationery,  &c, 

v  salaries  of  Judges  of 
Supreme  Court, 
lay    salaries   of  Judg< 
Superior  Courl 

Fund  of  I  - 
Print  "        •      " 

To  pay  for    airing,  cleaning, 

ifec.,  legislative  halls, 
To  pay  for  winding.  &c,  S 

House  clock, 
To  pay  State  Ho  ard, 

\'.w  6\  offi  :ers  and  memb< 

I.i  gislature, 
<  ;..)v.  in  pa  •  ices  <Ii roc- 

.  \\  ben  no  special  ap- 
propriation is  made, 
Salaries  of  State  officers  appro- 
priated annually. 
Advances  by  Treasurer, 
Members  and  officers  of  G      • 
:l    Assembly    and  civil 
officers  to  be  paid  in  -v 

wury  not  8 

To   <  Jen.  Relief  and   Hospital 

Ass'n., 
$'..000,000    appropriated    foi 


i 

6 
6 

6 

a 

6 

6 


soldier*  and  soldiers  fami- 
lies, indigent  exiles,  &c.-, 

SS00.000  to  purchase  corn  for 
destitute  counties, 

$1,289,576  to  pay  public  debt 
and  interest, 

Salary  of  Supt.  and  professors 
of  Mil.  Inst., 

$1,000,000  for  Military   Fund, 

<  iiutrd  State  Magazine, 
Military  Store-Keeper  at  Mill- 

edgeville, 
To  pay  Recording  Clerk  of  Ex. 

Deptj 

Stationery  for  Ex.  De.pt;, 

To  pay  Sec'y  of  State  for  fuel, 
lights,  &c  , 

S  !  1-2,-300  for  support  of  Luna- 
tic Asylum, 

$12,000  to  Institute  for  tho 
Blind. 

To  W.  J  Wbitlock, 
"  J.  S.  tnnman, 

<  ;«!v.  to    issue  Treasury    i 

to  meet"  deficiencies, 
Treas'y  potes  and  cbadgc  bills 

to  be  burned, 
Gov.  to  draw  warranl 

burned, 
$1,500,000  to   export    cotton 

for  supp 
Gov.  may  chartei 
Tu  pay  negro  hire  Po    -  wion, 
To  pay  <  !haplain, 
Page  of  Hou 
To  pay  S.  T.  Player,  L.G 

and  D.  Hench  rson, 
To  pay  Dist.  Aid*  s-do-1  lamp, 
For  I     ..  in  Tn  •  office, 

Pay  of  officers  and  membei 

< ..  ii.  Assembly, 
Addition  to  i  Super- 

intendent   Law 

lum, 
Iucn 


9 
10 

jo 
10 

10 
10 


1 1 
1 1 

i  I 

!  I 
l| 

42 


1 


108 


INDEX. 


APPKOPRIATIONS.— CmUinued. 

$50,000  additional  for  pauper 
patients. 

|6,0QC(  additional  for  Blind  In- 
stitute, 

To  pay  Sec'y  of  Stale  for  sta- 
tionery, fuel,  &c„ 

*:},000,000  for  Military  Fund 
of  1865," 

Salary  of  Book-Keeper  of  Pen- 
itentiary, 
*  of  head  tanner         "     " 

F©  Jesse  Oslin  for  traveling  ex- 
penses, 

To  pay  Committee  and  Clerk 
on  Pen'y., 

To  pay  Quar.  Mas.  for  spun 
yarn  purchased, 

To  pay  expenses  of  State 
House  officers  at  extra 
session, 

Adj.  Genl.,  his  Asst.  and  Clk. 
at  extra  session, 

Chaplain  of  Senate, 

Appropriations  to  be  paid  in 
Treasury  notes. 

To  R.  B.  Knight. 

For  fitting  up  halls  for  extra 
session, 

Repairs   of  State    House  and 
Ex.  Mansion. 
IpGUSTA. 

Jurisdiction  City  Court  of,  ex- 
tended, 
'•  .  Fees  regulated. 
BANKS. 

Specie    payment   by,  further 
suspended, 
■    Time  extended  to  redeem  State 
Treasury  notes, 

Certificates  for  certain  Treas- 
ury notes, 

Taxes  on,  67 

Central  R.  R.  4*  Bank'  Co. 

Removal" of  books,  assets,  &c, 
sanctioned, 

Principal  Office  at  Macon, 

Two  Directors  may  transact 
business, 

Election  for  Directors, 


43 

4:; 

43 

43 

49 
43 

43 

43 
43 

41 

4  4 
44 

4  4 
14 

44 

M 


■\'j 

w 

40 

OS 


46 
46 

46 
47 


President,  how  chosen, 

Georgia  R.  II.  fy  Bank.  Co. 
Authorized  to  close  business, 
May  use  corporate  name, 
In  mean  time  may  loan,  &e., 
Issuing  bills  prohibited, 

Bank  of  the  Empire  State. 
Relieved  from  penalty  for  not 

making  returns,  12 

BANK  OF  THE  EMPIRE  STATE. 
Relieved  from  penalty  for  not 

making  returns,  12 

CENTRAL  R„  R.  &  BANK.  Ce. 
Removal  of  Books,  assets,  &c,     46' 
Principal  office  at  Macon,  46 

Two   Directors  may   transact 

business,  46 

CITIES  AND  TOWNS. 

Columbus, 
Charter  amended  as  to  license 

rates,  27 

City  officers  how  elected,  27 

Erection  of  market  house,  au- 
thorized, 27 
Sales  of  produce  regulated,         21 

Fort.    I  alley. 
Act  of  incorporation  of,  amend- 
ed, '       7i\ 

Milled geville. 

Charter   amended,  as  to  elec- 
tion of  Aldermen,  75; 

Perry. 
Corporate  limits  of,  chaneed,       76 

oparta. 

Charter  of,  amended  as  to  re- 
tail license,  77 

Madison. 

Electioa  of  Town    Coins  le- 
galized, 77 

Reynolds. 

Town  of,  incorporated,  76 

CODE  OF  GEORGIA. 
Changes  in,  mice  adoption. 
As  to  Corporations,  97 

As  to  Divorces,  97 

As  to  Education,  9* 

As  to  Elections,  91 

As  to  Exra.  Adm'rs.,  Ac,  99 

As  to  Incorporations,  9$ 

As  to  Judiciary,  100-1-2 


INDEX. 


10!' 


10.'} 
10;; 
J04-5 
105 
1 00 
106 


CODE  OB"    GEOKGIA. 

At  to  Marriages, 

Ai  to  Militia, 

Ai  to  Penal  Code, 

As  to  Roadi», 

A§  to  Slaves, 

As  to  Taxc*. 
eOLUMDUS. 

Charter  of,  amended, 

Election  of  officer*, 

Erection  of  Market  house  au- 
thorized, 

Sales  of  prodaee  regulated. 

Remedies  in  rent  cases, 
COMMISSARY  GENERAL. 

Rank  raised, 
CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRK  TS. 


CotUwud.  COUNTY  OFFICERS. 


•j: 


27 
28 

61 


4S 


fur- 


Echols  co.  attached  to  1st, 

Contingent  fund. 

For  1SG5, 
l'«)RN. 

$800,000  appropriated  for, 

Destitute  counties  to   be 
Dished) 

How  and  on  what  terms, 
CORPORATIONS. 

.Metropolitan    Telegraph    Co. 

incorporated,  77  78 

COTTON. 

Gov.  authorized  to  export,  1 0 

$1.000. 000  appropriated,  10 

For  what  purpose  exported,  10 

dOUNTY  LINES. 

Defined  between  Muscogee  and 
Chattahoochee, 

ohaniied  between  Pauldingaud 
Carrol], 

Re-established  between  Cowe- 
ta and  Heard, 

Re-established   between   Ran- 
dolph and  Calhoun, 

Changed  between  Wayne  and 
Pierce, 

Changed  between  Meriwether 
and  Coweta, 

I  ranged    between  Chattahoo- 
chee and  Stewart, 

lie-established    between  Ran- 
dolph and  Calhoun, 

t'naJined  between  Pulaski  and 
Telfair, 


Fees  of,  increased,  4S 

County  Treasurer  to  be  elected, 
COUNTY  TREASURERS. 
To  be  elected, 
How  and  when, 
DISTILLATION. 

Making  Lager  beer  allowed, 
Mistakes  as  to  law  relieved,  4!> 
EDUCATION. 

Increased  per  diem  to  teachers 
of  poor  children, 
ECHOLS  COUNTY. 

Attached  to  1st  Con.  Dist,, 
ELECTIONS. 
Time  extended  for  returns  from 

Army, 
Refugees  may  elect    in  certain 

cases, 
County  Treasurers  elected  by 
the  people, 
n  EftECUTIVK  MANSION. 

For  repairs  of, 
9  EXRS.  AD'Mirs.,  AC. 
9     May  sell  C.  S.  bonds  to. pay 
Taxes, 
Proceedings, 

Also,  may  sell  to  make  distri- 
bution,  ' 
Refugees,  how  to  make  returns. 
Administration  in   wrong  cos. 

legalized, 
Authorized  to  pay  old  debts  in 

property, 
Appraisement  in  such  case's, 
Returns,  how  made, 
88  EXTRA  SESSION. 

Pay   of  Members  and  officers 
at,  n 

'«    of  Secy's  Ex.  Dept., 
««    Adj.  X  Ins.  Gen'l,  his  As- 

sistanl  and  Clerk, 
•'    Chaplain  of  Senate. 
••    State  Bouse  <  >ffia 

In  what  funds  paid, 
Refitting  halls  for. 
IKES. 
( If  county  officers  increas 
In  what  funds  paid, 
When  applicable, 


2S 


79 


70 


79 


30 


30 


-0 


4W 
19 

49 

u; 

.")0 


50 

ik 

61 

49 

1 1 

52 
52 

53 

\ 


4i 

II 

14 
A] 

11 
If 

4!) 
}:» 

1" 


8] 


/ 


10 


INDEX. 


FORT  VALLEY. 

Charter  of  amended, 
GEO.  MIL'TY.  INSTITUTE. 

To  pay  salary  Sup't  of, 
"  "      Professors  of, 

GEO.  REL'F  &  HOSPITAL  ASSO 
CIATION. 

$•500,000  appropriated  to,  i 

GEORGIA  P.  P.  &  P/NK.  CO. 

See  Banks. 
GPICE,  \V.  L. 

Pay  of,  as  member, 
HOME  INSURANCE  CO. 

Charter  of,  amended, 

Re-organized  at 'Macon* 
HOTELS. 

Keepers  of,  to  give  checks  for 
baggage,  01 

No  additional  charge, 


7-5' 

9j 
9- 


1  1 


Ordinary, 

Office  of,  may  be  vacated, 
Proceedings, 

Practice. 
Criminal  cases  of  soldiers  iii 

service  to  be  continued, 
Bonds  not  to  be  forfeited, 
Judgment     of    forfeiture     to 

be  set  aside, 
Onus  of  proof  in  gaming  cases, 
Record  ot  lost    deeds,  &c,  au- 


5S  59 
.58  59 


59 
59 

59 

00 


56 
56 


Penally  for  refusal, 


1NMAN,  J.  S. 

To  pav  for  lard  for  Mil.  Ins 
INSTITUTE  FOR  BLIND. 

$12,000  for  support  of, 

$6,000  additional, 
INSURANCE  COMPANIES. 

Mcrchhv.ts  Insurance  Co.  of  Columbus. 
|  Incorporated,  13  16 


thorized,  59  60 

Jurisdiction, 

Worth   co.    added    to    South- 
western circuit,  60 
Sup'r  Courts  changed,  60 
j     Jurisdiction  ot  City  Court   of 
62;             Augusta  extended,  61 
62j     Fees  regulated,                               6 J 
62  KNIGHT,  R.  B. 

Pay  of,  as  Clerk  in  IsOI.  44 

10JL1NCOLN  CO. 

Road  laws  of.  amended.  29 

10JMADISON. 
43!     Election  of  town  Cominrs.  le- 


galized, 


MARIETTA. 

City  taxation  in,  limited, 


■.Southern   Insurance  and  Trust  Co.  MARRIAGES 


83 


-10 


Charter  of,  amended,  55  56 

Re-organized  at  Macon,  55 

i.  Home  Insurance  Co. 
■Charter  of,  amended, 
Hve-organized  at  Macon, 
■gDICIARY. 

Si: prune  Court.       \ 
fiSAdjcurnment  of,  authorized, 
■^Published   notice  of  time  and 

place  requited, 
■■Orders  may  issue  in  vacation, 
Writs  of  error, -how  returned, 
Superior  Courts. 
KJurors  drawn  for  one  Court  not 
held,  competent  for  next, 
'  Notice  bv  Clerk, 
^Special  Sessions  of,  authorized; 
Notice  by  Judge,  58 

Attendance  of  Jurors,  5S 

Adjournment  ofspecial  Sessions,  58 

t Inferior  Courts  may  apply,  58 

Dower  cases  triable,  58 


Between  first  cousins  legalized,  63 

MERCHANTS'   INSURANCE    CO. 

!  '  OF  COLUMBUS. 

56i     Incorporated.  13  16 

50  METROPOLITAN     TELEGRAPH 

CO.     v 

Incorporated.  ??  78 

16MILITARY. 

Rank    of    Commissary    Gen'l 
16  raised,  01 

]  0      Rank  of  Quar.  Mas.  Gen'l  raised,  61 
MILITARY  FUND.  • 

$1,000,000  for  1865,  9 

$3,000,000       "  43 

57 j     How  applied,  43 

$7  MILITARY  STORE-KEEPER. 

57|     Pay  of,  at  Milledgeville.  9 

MILITIA. 

See  State  Defence. 
MILLEDGEVILLE. 

Charter  amended,  as  to  elec- 
tion of  Aldermen,   *  75 


INDEX. 


I* 


PENAL  CODE. 

Keepers  of  Hotels,  Ac,  to  give 

checks  for  baggage,         61  Gj 

No  additional  charge,  61 

Penalty  for  refusal,  62 

Onus  of  proof  in  gaming  cases,    60 
PENITENTIARY. 

Salary  Book- keeper  of, 

Head  tanner  of, 

Pay  of  committee  to  visit, 

Clerk  of  committee. 
PERKY. 

Corporate  limits  of  changed, 
PLAYEK,  S.  T. 

Pay  of,  as  member, 
PRINTING   FUND. 

For  1865, 
PUBLIC  DEBT. 

Appn.  to  pay, 
QUAH rERMASTER  GENERAl 

Rank  raised, 
KE<  ■   CLERK. 

To  pay  of,  in  Ex.  Dept., 
RELIEF. 

Warehousmen  relieved  of  Tax- 
es in  certain  cases, 

Property  destroyed  by  war  re-, 
lieved  from  tax, 

Of  Soldiers,  elected  to  civil  of- 
f;  :es, 

<  i;  i>ins  marrying, 

<  >f  Atlanta  exiles,  v  I 

revenue: 

Per  <•<  nt  of  tax  for  l  B66j 

pt  in  certain  oal  i,    LS 
Commissions  of  Tax-Receivers 


( lollectors, 
REYNOL1 

Town  of,  in  ed, 

J&ALARI] 

Of  Governor  for    I  g 
» ►f  Se  sretary  of  State, 
of  Comptroller  General, 

<  )f  State  Treasurer, 

<  \{ Secretaries  Ex.  Dept 
Of!  er  to  Ex.  1  Vpt.. 

State  Librarian, 
<)!  Atty.  and  Sols.Gen'1, 

<  n  Reporter  of  Supreme  Court. 
Of  Judges  uf  Supreme  Court. 
i)f  J    Igea  of  Superior  Courts, 


Of  Supt.  Geo.  Mil.  Institute,  9 

Of  Guard  at  State  .Magazine, 
Of  Mil.  Store-keeper  at    Mil- 

ledgeville,  *> 

Of  Recording  Clerk  of  Ex.  Dept..  9 
Of  Clerk  in  Treasurer's  office,     11 
Of  Supt.  State  Asylum, 
13  SECRET ARY  OF  STATE. 
4;:      His  salary  for  180 "»,  6 

1J      To  pay  for  fuel,  lights,  &c,  fo* 
43  (Jen.  Assembly,  10 

Fuel,  lights,  &c, at  extra  session,  43 
76  SLAVES. 

Tax  on,  how  equalized,  -- 

i  J  SOLDIERS. 

.000.000  appropriated  toin- 
6  .  digent  families  of, 

Who  included, 
Ini'i',  Courts  maypurchase'eorn 

for,  '  8 

Quar.  Master  to  furnish  Era    • 

portation.  S 

Quar.  Mas.  Gen']  to  ;  .-n-  cloth- 


9 


01 


I 


G2 
63 

8  2 

LS 


ing,  shoes,  &o%, 

03 

Requisition,  how  in;  de, 

Soldiers  in  Hospitals  entitled, 

( officers   allowed   to  pun 

clothing, 

VJ.M00.000  addition,!]  for  indfl 

gent,  d 

Aint.,  bow  Raised, 

64 

How  distributed,       * 

f  m 

Relief  of,  elected  to  civil 

SPARTA. 

Charter  of,  amended    • 

titil  lice 

>  7 

I-   i"  STATE  DEFENCE. 

Lev;  '  1 

7o      Of  what  cl  :■•<, 

Volenti 
6     Gov,  to  prescrib    . 
c>  lati< 

61 

6  mander, 

6      < '   S.  rules  and 
6  to  govern. 

6      Go\ 
6  daye, 

6      Exemption  of  [.»  ! 

6  Judicial  I  »•  . 


:J0 


■20 


112. 

STATEllOUSE. 
For  repairs  of, 


INDEX. 


STATE  HOUSE  CLOCK. 
For  repairing  and  winding,  for 
1665, 

State  lunatic  asylum. 

For  support  of,  in  1SC-V 

$50,000  additional  Tor  pauper 
patieuts, 

Salarv  Supt.  of,  increased, 

Pay  "of    Trustees,  Treasurer, 

sub-officers,  &c.,  increased,  4:J 
STATE  MAGAZINE. 

To  pay  Guards  of,  .  •• 

STATIONERY. 

To  purchase  of.  fur  Ex.  Dept.        9 
STAY  LAW. 

Ke-euacted, 

Exceptions, 

TAXES. 

Income  tax,  how  estimated. 
Comp.Genl.  to  remit  in  certain 

cases, 
Property  relieved  from,  when 

destroyed  by  the  enemy,  20 
Time  extended  for  collection  of,  22 
On  slaves*  how  equalized,  22  24 
Income  tax  Act  for  1S65,       05  0? 


1     "Widows  with  sous   in    Army, 
44]  relieved  in  part,  07 

On  Banks,  Ac,  67  08 

Refunded  to  hirers  of  negroes 
<;•  in  certain  cases,  08 

Oath  of  Tax-payers,  6S  0<J 

Assessment  of,  for  1S05,  09 

Time  for  collection  of,  extended,  GO 
Time   extended   for  returns  of 

Receivers,  &c,  &9 

Time  extended,  to  refugees  in 

certain  cases,  70 

Coll'rs  losing  money  by  enemy,  70 
Proceedings  for  relief  70  71 

Commissions  on  Income  Tax,      71 
Keif,  of  tax-pay's  losing  prop- 
erty by  enemy. 
45     Proceedings  in  such  cases,     71 
45TKACHER  . 

Increased  pay  to,  of  poor,  -30 

TROUP,  D.  1L  B. 

Etel.  to  paving  tax  by,  extended,  .70 
WAREHOUSEMEN. 

Relieved  from  taxes  in  certain 

cases,  17 

WORTH  CO, 

Attached  to  S.  W.  Judicial' Circuit 
Session  of  Sup'r  Court  changed. 


7  1 

72 


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INDEX  TO  RESOLUTIONS. 


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10. 

n. 

12. 

IS. 
14. 

15. 
16. 

17. 

18. 

13. 
•►ft. 


.  Observance  of*  NatiouaWay  oi  prayer. 

llerommenis  that  ('.*•  four  percent,  bonds 
nud  oertracatea  tor  ufoduce  be  received 
for  taxes.  ' 

SIhil  Route  recommended. 
;    Mail  Route  recommended. 
».  State  Treasurer  autbonzed  to  count  and  burn 
change  bills  and  Treasury  Dure*.  I 

L  State  Treasarre  authorised  to  remove  public 

money  and  papers. 
'.  Commutation  of  tax  in  kind,  m  certain  ca«ee,| 

recommended. 
1.  Collection  ot  taxes  postponed  in  certain  ea-. 

*   Passage  of  bfll*  on  first  trading  authorized,    j 
Respect  to  the  memory  of  Hon .  J  erl'ersmi  Ad- 

Eespeet  to  the  memory  of  Hon.  Simsnn  Raid. 
Bespect   to  the  memory  of    Hon.    John  11. j 

Johnson. 
Mail  Route  recommended.  . 

Subordination  of  Military  to  Civil  authority. 
Georgia's  purpose  to  prosecute  the  wer. 
Requesting  repeal  of  Conscription  Laws 
Respect  to  the  memory  ot  Maj.  Gen.  W.  U. 

T.  Walker. 
Time  extended  for  giving  >u  tax  in  certain 

sections. 
Thanks  to  Militia  and  State  Line. 
Gov.  requested   to  make  arrangements    to 

transport  corn  on  State  L'«rt  on  different 
■  Road*. 


22.  RecomYneuds  construction  of  Rail  Road  be 

tween  Albany  ami  ThomasviDe. 
*2-J.  To  suspend  the  collection  of  taxes  in  certain 
casea. 

23.  Recommends  that  certificates  for  produce 

igiprecsed  be  i  eceived  for  taxes. 

24.  t'.'ecoiiJiiHiids  release  of  Tax  in  Kind  in  conn 

ties  nverrun. 

'S>  Corn,  or  money  in  Hen,  to  be  famished  to  coun- 
ties not  supplied  under  Act  of  Nov.,  1863. 

26.  Distribution  of  imported  Cotton  Card*. 

'27.  Joint  Committee  to  examine  the  Penitenti- 
ary. 

28.  Gov.  authorized  to  sell  surplus  material 
about  Penitentiary. 

"'?>.  Committee  appointed  to  investigate  Quar- 
termaster and  Commissary  Depts. 

30.  Establishment  of  picket  line. 

31.  State  Treasurer  authorized  to  rent  au  office  in 

Macon. 

32.  In  reference  to  pay  of  Members  and  Officers 

of  Gen.  Assembly. 

33.  Officers  of  Gan.  Assembly  allowed  to  pur- 

chase Cotton  Cards. 

34.  Requesting  suspension   of  order  to  remove 

iron  from  Macon  dt  Brunswick  R.R. 

35.  Distribution  of  Educational  fund  of  1864. 

30.  Appropriation  for  orphan  children  of  Uuion 
Society,  Chatham  Co. 

37,  Mail  Route  recommended, 

38.  Waters'  Pamphlet  to  be  furnished  Civil  Offi- 

cers. 


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